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Merry Christmas.
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The data tend to be volatile around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays as seasonal adjustment is difficult to calculate, the Labor Department spokesman said last week.
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, climbed to 343,500, the highest in a month, from 330,250 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits increased by 94,000 to 2.88 million in the week ended Dec. 7.
