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New jobless claims drop for fourth straight week

According to the Labor Department, 222,000 people filed first-time unemployment claims last week. That's down 6,000 from the week before, and marks the fourth straight week of declines. Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com, joins CBS News to discuss the latest report.
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