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Jobless claims increase as 898,000 Americans file for first-time benefits

For the first time in four weeks, the U.S. saw an increase in the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits. Mark Hamrick, Washington bureau chief and senior economic analyst at Bankrate, joins CBSN with the latest jobs numbers.
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