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Jobless claims in the U.S. over the past four weeks dropped to the lowest they have been in almost 15 years, according to data from the Labor Department. An average …

Those looking for signs that America’s economy is improving will find them in the rate of jobless claims and overall optimism about the country’s state of employment. Newly released reports …

Jobless claims fell by 2,000 in the first full week of January, according to numbers released this week by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The total number of weekly applications for benefits fell to 326,000, the lowest in six weeks.

It’s the latest in the a host of positive economic news in the past month – with the possible exception of the unemployment numbers, which showed only a gain of 75,000 in December 2013.

Jobless claims fell by 2,000 in the first full week of January, according to numbers released this week by the U.S. Department of Labor. The total number of weekly applications for benefits fell to 326,000, the lowest in six weeks.

Two major indicators of stock market health – the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index and the Dow Jones industrial average – ended 2013 with the highest gains since the end of last century.

The S&P 500 increased by 29.6% in 2013, the index’s best annual performance since 1997. The big jump added $3.75 trillion in market value, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile the Dow Jones jumped by 26.5%, the best performance since 1995.

The U.S. Midwest experienced a surge in business activity in October, with new manufacturing orders hitting the highest level since 2004.

In other economic news, the number of weekly jobless claims fell by 10,000 to about 340,000, according to the United States Department of Labor. The jobless numbers indicate that the government shutdown is no longer affecting the economy as federal workers and government contractors return to work.

Jobless claims across the United States fell by 15,000 to a total of 358,000 in the week that ended Oct. 12, according to a report from the Department of Labor.

While lower, the number is not as low as what was forecast by economists, who anticipated the total number to drop to about 335,000, according to Bloomberg.

The number still includes a backlog from California, where a break down in the system last month has led to an increase in numbers from that state the past few weeks. Additionally, the figures include some of the government workers and government contractors who lost their jobs, at least temporarily, during the government shutdown that ended this week.

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