<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5272492eeab8ea9f217d3d13-600-450/pinkslip_tbi-1.jpg" alt="pink slip jobless claims fired" border="0"><p class="source"><span>TBI</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>The labor market continues to send encouraging signals.</p><p><a href="http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm">Initial jobless claims fell </a>to 289,000 from 325,000 a week ago.</p><p>This was lower than the 305,000 expected by economists.</p><p>This brought the four-week moving average down to 304,750.</p><p>Continuing claims declined to 2.418 million from 2.423 million last week.</p><p>"The trend in claims continues to hover around that of the pre-recession trough," BNP Paribas economists Derek Lindsay said.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nationwide-insurance-industry-loss-ratio-2015-2">Nationwide's Super Bowl commercial about dead children is about corporate profits ... in a way that we can all appreciate</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="9rbTk0czrPq8J40cVbMQn_BvP7NgiiIY" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '9rbTk0czrPq8J40cVbMQn_BvP7NgiiIY',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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TBIThe labor market continues to send encouraging signals. Initial jobless claims fell to 289,000 from 325,000 a week ago.

Initial jobless claims sink

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