US DATA: Initial jobless claims -15k to 358k in February 4 wk, below the
370k level expected. Claims in the prev wk rev up to 373k vs 367k
originally. Labor analyst said there was nothing unusual in the state
data and no states were estimated. Analyst said seasonals expected NSA
claims to fall by 7,467. NSA claims actually fell 24,477 to 397,810.
4-wk moving avg -11,000 to 366,250 in Feb 4 wk, low since April 26, 2008
wk. Cont claims +64k to 3.515m in Jan 28 wk.