High for US benefits

10 September 2012

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to a 30-month high in February.

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to a 30-month high in February. The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose to 2.835m in the week ended 1 March, the highest since September 2005, from 2.828m the previous week, the Labor Department said.

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