Initial jobless claims fell 9,000 to 315,000 in the week ended March 8, the Labor Department said Thursday.
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Claims for the week ended March 1 were revised to 324,000 from the 323,000 initially reported.
Continuing jobless claims were 2.855 million in the week ended March 1, down from the downwardly revised 2.903 million the week before, first reported as 2.907 million.
Economists polled by Thomson Reuters expected 330,000 initial and 2.900 million continuing claims.
The four-week average of initial claims were down 6,250 in the week ended March 8 at 330,500.
