Weekly jobless claims rise back to 465,000

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Comments Screener (43) Alert Email Print ShareBy Jeffry Bartash WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of people who filed new claims for unemployment benefits jumped 12,000 to 465,000 in the latest week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. New claims had dropped two straight weeks, but part of the decline stemmed from a disruption in the government's data collection caused by the Labor Day holiday in early September. Claims often rise after the holiday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected initial claims to rise to a seasonally adjusted 455,000 in the week ended Sept. 18. The four-week average of initial claims, which is less volatile than the weekly number, dipped 3,250 to 463,250, the lowest level since the end of July. Continuing claims fell 48,000 to 4,49 million. Altogether, some 9.18 million people were receiving employment benefits in the week ended