U.S. Jobless Claims Near 45-Year Low as Economic Outlook Brightens
Reuters, Feb. 22, 2018–Lucia Mutikani
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended Feb. 17, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims fell to 216,000 in mid-January, the lowest level since January 1973.