U.S unemployment claims increased the most in three weeks

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Source: Bloomberg
According to the Labor Department in Washington, U.S jobless benefits increased to 362,000, for the first time during three weeks. Companies are not decreasing their staffing level despite the fear that climbing prices on gasoline and tax increase will slow down consumer expenditures. However, stock-index futures dropped after the report as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 0.2% to 1,504.30.
"Businesses just seem to be sitting tight with regard to layoffs, which is reason for optimism," Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics Inc. in West Chester, Pennsylvania, said before the report. "If we get through these hurdles over the next couple months the job market should begin to improve more noticeably," said Sweet,the best forecaster of jobless claims over the past two years.
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