US weekly jobless claims fall below 1 million for the first time since March

New US jobless claims for the week that ended Saturday totaled 963,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That came in below the consensus economist estimate of 1.1 million.
This week's report brought total filings over a 21-week period to more than 56 million.
Continuing claims, the aggregate total of people receiving unemployment benefits, totaled 15.5 million for the week that ended August 1.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Fewer than 1 million Americans filed new claims f