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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in more than 41-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market maintained a solid pace of job growth in July.
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* J8 o1 s* M3 @- v7 r$ n, ~The sturdy jobs picture together with a strengthening housing market brings the Federal Reserve a step closer to raising interest rates this year.8 V: D6 H; A% @" _- R: n3 n
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Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 26,000 to a seasonally adjusted 255,000 for the week ended July 18, the lowest level since November 1973, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
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