Initial claims fell 45,000 for the week ended April 27.
Stocks fell for the week on concerns that the economy was slowing.
The basic money supply fell $600 million for the week.
Yields of money market mutual funds fell for the week.
And the Nasdaq composite fell 3.21 points for the week, or 0.2 percent, to 1,855.03.
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The drop came as imports fell for the third consecutive week.
The Dow fell 32.22 points for the week, or 0.3 percent, to close at 10,568.29.
The Dow fell 11.25 points for the relatively quiet week.
The total fell to 3.4 million for the week ending June 22, the latest period for which data are available.