Unemployment applications fall to their lowest level in 7 months 

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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in seven months, suggesting the labor market is seemingly resistant to the higher interest rates put in to place to cool hiring. U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 13,000 to 216,000 for the week ending Sept. 2, the Labor

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