61.   Fewer Americans workers applied for state unemployment benefits last week as first-time jobless claims posted the largest decline in eight weeks.

62.   Financial market participants shrugged off the early jobless claims report, then unloaded bonds fell after the Fed report raised the chances of faster growth, and inflation.

63.   First-time jobless claims rose more than expected because of strikes by autoworkers and floods in the Midwest.

64.   For the initial jobless claims index, INJCJC Index HP.

65.   For investors, though, concerns focused on the jobless claims report.

66.   Friday, the Labor Department will report on weekly jobless claims, and the Commerce Department will release durable goods orders for November.

67.   For the past two months, jobless claims have steadily fallen.

68.   Government reports on weekly jobless claims, housing starts and East Coast manufacturing left inflation concern intact.

69.   Gold futures fell after a U.S. economic report showed an unexpected rise in jobless claims, indicating the U.S. economy may be cooling enough to restrain inflation.

70.   Government reports showing smaller-than-expected increases in weekly jobless claims and housing starts left inflation concern intact.