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[Bryan (a.k.a. Bryan)]

Jobless Claims -Just a hair better than expected:
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department report of initial state jobless benefit claims, seasonally adjusted.

    
  
    Week Ended  Initial Claims  4-Week Avg.  Continued Claims      
      10/27/01     499,000        497,250        Unavailable    
      10/20/01     509,000-r      506,250-r      3,692,000     
      10/13/01     496,000        493,000        3,637,000-r     
      10/06/01     485,000        467,250        3,600,000-r  

REVISIONS:
INITIAL CLAIMS: Oct 20 from 504,000
FOUR-WEEK AVERAGE: Oct 20 from 505,000
CONTINUED CLAIMS: Oct 13 from 3,654,000; Oct 6 from
3,598,000


FORECAST:
Reuters survey of economists forecast:
U.S. jobless claims 503,000 for Oct 27 week