US initial jobless claims and continuing claims for the current week
- prior week
- initial jobless claims 778k vs. 730K estimate
- 4 week moving average of initial jobless claims 748.5K vs 743.5 last week
- continuing claims 6071K vs 6000K est.
- 4 week moving average of continuing claims 6615.25K vs 7053.25 last week
- The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending November 7 was 20,452,223, an increase of 135,297 from the previous week. There were 1,487,844 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019.
- During the week ending November 7, 50 states reported 9,147,753 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 51 states reported 4,509,284 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits.
