Claims fall below 1 million

weekly initial jobless claims
  • Prior was 1186K (revised to 1191K)
  • Continuing claims 15486K vs 15800K expected
  • Prior continuing claims 16090K
  • PUA claims 489K vs 656K prior
  • Full report

The total number of people claiming benefits for all programs was 28,257,995, down 3065K from the prior week.

This was the first time initial jobless claims were below 1 million in 21 weeks.