The U.S. unemployment claims fell to 340,000 in the week ending March 2

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The amount of applications for government help contracted to seasonally adjusted 340,000 in the week ending March 2, this is by 7,000 less compared to a previous week. A less variable measure, moving average for four weeks, slid to 348,750, the lowest level since March 2008. According to economists' forecasts, unemployment rate is expected to decrease to 7.7% from revised 7.9%, as there should be 152,000 more jobs created.
"The improvement is still gradual, but at least things are moving in the right direction," said  Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics.
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