Jobless Claims Fall Back To 'Normal'

With that, claims are basically back to where they were a month ago, before the inexplicable surge in claims that baffled many economists.

Economists believe that more jobs are being added than shed when weekly jobless claims drop below 400,000, a milestone that the weekly claims have only flirted with so far this year.

For the week ended April 30, the most recent week data were available, 7.9