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In the week ending May 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 208,000 to 209,000. The 4-week moving average was 215,000, an increase of 4,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's ...
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Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting, with many calling for raising interest rates steadily to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed. Some members saw the chance of a faster-than-expected pace of interest rate hikes on heightening prospects of inflation ...