The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, while layoffs dropped to their lowest level in more than 24 years in August, suggesting the labor market was charging ahead even as new COVID-19 infections surge. The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data …

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