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By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 U.S. jobless claim applications rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite elevated inflation and other economic headwinds.<\/p>\n

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The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 2 rose by 10,000 to 200,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That\u2019s fewer than the 205,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting.<\/p>\n

The previous week\u2019s new claims figure, which was the fewest since 1969, was revised up by 1,000 to 190,000.<\/p>\n

Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for U.S. layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the job market.<\/p>\n

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The four-week moving average of jobless claims, which evens out some of the weekly ups and downs, fell to 203,250, down 4,500 from the previous week.<\/p>\n

The total number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the previous week ending April 25 declined by 10,000 to 1.77 million.<\/p>\n

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