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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1017000" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]Jobless Claims Hold Flat; Spending Tops Income Gains[/h]Initial claims for state unemployment benefits  were a seasonally adjusted 374,000, the Labor Department said on  Thursday. The prior week's figure was revised up to show 2,000 more  applications than previously reported. In  a separate report, consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in July, the best  showing in five months and ahead of the 0.3 percent income gain. Economists  polled by Reuters had forecast claims dipping to 370,000 last week. The  four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labor  market trends, rose 1,500 to 370,250.</blockquote>