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Thursday morning brought mixed moves from investors on Wall Street as they tried to digest countervailing views of the economy.

Jobless claims came in at 4.4 million when you add up both state and coronavirus-related federal assistance, and there's still a lot of concern about how quickly the tens of millions of newly unemployed workers in recent months will be able to get jobs again once the economy reopens.

Yet investors still seem to have some confidence in the federal government's efforts to restore economic growth. Just before 10:45 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was up 8 points to 24,582. However, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) fell 11 points to 2,961, however, and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) gave back 62 points to 9,314.

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