Jobless claims, March 19, 2010, Small decline From Market Watch, March 18, 2010. “Weekly jobless claims decline 5,000 to 457,000” “The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell by 5,000 in the latest week, marking the third straight drop, but there’s little evidence companies are ready to hire at a pace that would sharply reduce the nation’s high jobless rate. In the week ended March 13, initial claims dropped to a seasonally-adjusted 457,000 from 462,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch predictedRead More