Initial jobless claims fell by 58,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Claims for the week ended Saturday dropped to 346,000 from a three-month high 404,000, Labor said.
Economists had forecast claims would fall to 395,000, Bloomberg reported.
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, fell to 380,500, from 390,500.
The number of people continuing to collect unemployment benefits rose by 91,000, to 3.202 million for the previous week ended June 28.
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