FOXNews.com: Weekly jobless claims drop by 5,000, to 330,000, hitting 5-year low

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Weekly jobless claims drop by 5,000, to 330,000, hitting 5-year low Jan 24th 2013, 13:38 Published January 24, 2013 Associated Press WASHINGTON –  The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest level in five years, evidence that employers are cutting fewer jobs and may step up hiring. The Labor Department says weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 330,000. That's the fewest since January 2008. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell to 351,750. That's also the lowest in nearly five years. The decline may reflect the government's difficulty adjusting its numbers to account for layoffs after the holiday shopping season. Layoffs spike in the second week of January and then plummet. The department seeks to adjust for those trends, but the figures can still be volatile. Applications are a proxy for layoffs. While layoffs are falling, hiring has been modest in recent months.

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