Bloomberg (03/29/12) Lorraine Woellert
The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits fell by 5,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 359,000, the U.S. Labor Department reported today, the lowest number since April 2008. The median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg News survey called for 350,000 claims. The four-week moving average fell to 365,000 last week from 368,500.