After jumping back up to nearly 500, 000 in late April, weekly jobless claim figures have been trending back down in recent weeks.

在4月底失业人数重新回到500,000左右以后，最近几周每周的失业申请数都是逐渐减少的。

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After jumping back up to nearly 500,000 in late April, weekly jobless claim figures have been trending back down in recent weeks.

在4月底失业人数重新回到500,000左右以后，最近几周每周的失业申请数都是逐渐减少的。

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Some economists blame the extension of unemployment benefits, which America's jobless can now claim for 99 weeks, as long as in France.

部分经济学家将其归咎于失业救济时间的延长。目前，美国失业者可以领取99周的失业救济，等同于法国。

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Hurricane Sandy is being blamed for a 78, 000-claim spike in the weekly jobless claims number.

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The Labor Department did report a surprising drop in jobless benefits last week, but the cloud inside that silver lining was that the number of people continuing to claim benefits hit a 26-year high.

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The evidence supporting such a claim is, in some ways, strong given the recent passage of "universal" health care, jobless benefits lacking an endpoint and an explosion of government spending that continues to rise in terms of GDP.

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