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Surprise! Jobless claims jumped by 25,000 last week.

Initial jobless claims in the US jumped 25,000 to 304,000 last week, moving the average for seasonally adjusted jobless claims above the closely-watched 300,000 level. 

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Job seekers Stevens de la Pena, foreground left, and Eduardo Perez, foreground right, fill out a job application at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. Jobless claims climbed unexpectedly last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

Today鈥檚 jobless claims聽showed a notable increase to initial unemployment claims and a decrease to insured unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial claims jumped above the 300K level.

Seasonally adjusted 鈥渋nitial鈥� unemployment claims jumped 25,000 to 304,000 claims while seasonally adjusted 鈥渋nsured鈥� claims declined by 51,000 to 2.354 million resulting in an 鈥渋nsured鈥� unemployment rate of 1.8%.

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