WASHINGTON — Initial jobless claims fell 22,000 to 405,000 in the week ending July 9, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Continuing claims for the week ending July 2 were 3.727 million.
Economists expected 415,000 initial jobless claims and 3.670 million continuing claims, according to the median estimate from Thomson Reuters.
Initial claims for the week ending July 2 were revised up to 427,000. The continuing claims figure for the previous week was revised to 3.712 million.