Number of Americans Filing for Unemployment Down

A government report released Thursday showed that new U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to a two-month low.

Published on September 9, 2010

According to a weekly report from the Labor Department, there were 451,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Sept. 4, down 27,000 from an upwardly revised 478,000 in the previous week,

That was the lowest weekly jobless claims figure since the 427,000 claims reported in the week ended July 10.