Ekonomické zprávy
13.01.2022

U.S. weekly jobless claims total 230,000

The data from the Labor Department showed on Thursday the number of applications for unemployment unexpectedly rose last week.

According to the report, the initial claims for unemployment benefits increased by 23,000 to 230,000 for the week ended January 8. This was the highest weekly total since mid-November 2021.

Economists had expected 200,000 new claims last week.

Claims for the prior week were left unrevised at 207,000.

Meanwhile, the four-week moving average of jobless claims increased to 210,750 from an unrevised 204,550 in the previous week.

As for continuing claims, they declined to 1,559,000 from a downwardly revised 1,753,000 (from 1,754,000) in the previous week.

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