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WASHINGTON — New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, touching their lowest level in three months, according to a Thursday report stresses stability in troubled labour market.

Initial claims for State unemployment benefits fell from 11 000 to a 445,000 seasonally, the lowest since July 10 week, said the Ministry of labour.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast claims edging up to 455 000 reported 453,000 antérieurement.Le Government has revised figure prior week until 456,000.

Although data have little bearing on due Friday September employment report that it falls outside the investigation period, it is unlikely to change the perceptions of the Federal Reserve will be a new asset purchase month next programme to maintain low interest rates.

Non-farm payrolls was likely to unchanged last month, more than temporary employment census has ended and broke the Governments of the States and local workers dismissed, then even than hire private collected, according to a Reuters poll.

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An official of the Ministry of labour said that one State had was estimated in the week claims data dernière.La four weeks of new requests without a job, considered to be a better measure of the underlying labour market trends mean the lowest level since July 24 week to shoot the 3 000 to 455,750.

The second straight week of new demands of the most extensive unemployment benefit from a maximum of nine months of 504,000, decreases hit in mid-August.Claims are now in the upper part of the range of 400 000 - 450 000 analysts say is normally associated with the stability of the labour market.

The number of people still receiving benefits after an initial week of aid 48 000 at 4.46 million in the week ended September 25, the lowest since June 26, 4.51 million upward revised the week before.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast continues to supposedly claimed inclined to 4.45 million previously reported 4.46 million.

The insured unemployment rate measures the percentage of the insured labour force was unemployed, slipped to 3.5% during this period of 3.6% the week before.

The number of people on the benefits of urgency increased 157,735 to 4.1 million in the week ending September 18.

Some companies are hiring despite weakening economy .Daryl Dulaney, CEO of Siemens Industry Inc., says parent company, Siemens, USA, has 1,200 jobs vacants.Environ 40% require a background in engineering technology or information, and the company has had difficulties in finding qualified candidates, despite the high unemployment rate, Dulaney said.

And, in another sign that the labour market may be slowly healing, the Ministry of labour said advertised jobs increased by 2% to 3.2 million .c ' is the highest since April, when temporary hiring for inflated census figure this month.

Openings of employment in private firms increased slightly 2.85 million higher than 21 months.

Even with increases, the number of available jobs is by far the 4.4 million announced in December 2007, when the recession began.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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