U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Climb More Than Expected To 260,000
October 20 2016 - 5:27AM
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Initial jobless claims in the U.S. rose by more than expected in
the week ended October 15th, according to a report released by the
Labor Department on Thursday.
The Labor Department said initial jobless claims climbed to
260,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's revised
level of 247,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to inch up to 250,000
from the 246,000 originally reported for the previous month.
The revised figure for the previous week is up from 246,000 in
the week ended October 1st, which represents lowest number of
claims since November of 1973.
The report said the four-week moving average also edged up to
251,750, an increase of 2,250 from the previous week's revised
average.
With the increase, the less volatile four-week moving average
climbed off its lowest level in nearly forty-three years.
Continuing claims, a reading on the number of people receiving
ongoing unemployment assistance, also rose by 7,000 to 2.057
million in the week ended October 8th.
Meanwhile, the four-week moving average of continuing claims
fell to a sixteen-year low of 2,058,250, a decrease of 12,750 from
the previous week's revised average of 2,071,000.
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