Updated:
12/23/2010 9:30:00 AM
Initial jobless claims declined by 3,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
The decline to 420,000 matched estimates by economists, Bloomberg reported.
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, grew to 426,000 from 423,500 a week earlier.
Continuing claims for the previous week ended Dec. 11 fell 103,000 from a week earlier to 4.06 million, the lowest in two years, Bloomberg said.
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