According to the chief U.S. economist for IDEAglobal in New York, Joseph Brusuelas, "the bottom is not falling out of the job market, but we should see some cyclical weakness and a sideways to downward movement in non-farm payrolls over the next several months."
However, while analysts predicted 2.62 million people would claim jobless benefits during the week ending December 1, the actual number of people came to 2.599 million.
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