Thumbs Up! Dept of Labor reports that unemployment claims drop last week.

In the week
ending Feb. 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was
440,000, a decrease of 43,000 from the previous week's revised figure of
483,000. The 4-week moving average was 468,500, a decrease of 1,000 from the
previous week's revised average of 469,500.

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