Signs of an economic rebound continued this week as fewer workers in Spokane County and Washington state filed for initial unemployment claims while the number of people with existing benefits declined .
The week of Feb.28-March 6, 11,760 workers filed for initial jobless benefits in Washington. That number was down 9.2% from the prior week.
Existing claims dropped 1.3% to 453,503 , according to statistics released Thursday by the state’s Washington Employee Security Department.
Numbers were similar for Spokane County. Continued claims for the week came in at 7,415, which was down about 500 from the previous week.
“We’ve been dropping about 500 every week since Jan. 23, which
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