text:  First time unemployment claims were down last week, says ABC's Jim Ryan. Weekly claims for jobless benefits ticked up to start the month of June, but for the past two weeks have been trending lower. Those applications are seen as an indicator of layoff activity, and in the week that ended last Friday, 233,000 claims were filed, a decrease of 6,000 from the week before. The four-week moving average still shows a slight rise. The number of people on jobless rows has now jumped two and a half year high.