US initial jobless claims 200K vs. 179.75K estimate

• Prior week 180K revised to 181K
• Initial jobless claims Jobless Claims Jobless claims are a weekly statistic reported in the United States that represents a key barometer for domestic employment. As one of the most closely watched US indicators, jobless claims carry a lot of weight in financial markets, namely forex and the stock market.Jobless claims are reported on a weekly basis by the Department of Labor. While painting a picture of the overall health of the economy, jobless claims can be broken down into two types.This includes initial jobless claims or person Jobless claims are a weekly statistic reported in the United States that represents a key barometer for domestic employment. As one of the most closely watched US indicators, jobless claims carry a lot of weight in financial markets, namely forex and the stock market.Jobless claims are reported on a weekly basis by the Department of Labor. While painting a picture of the overall health of the economy, jobless claims can be broken down into two types.This includes initial jobless claims or person Read this Term 200K vs 179.75K estimate
• 4 week moving average of initial jobless claims 188KK vs 180K last week.
• Continuing claims 1.384M vs 1.400M estimate. Prior week 1.408M revised to 1.403M. The data is the lowest since January 17, 1970
• 4 week moving average of continuing claims 1.417M vs. 1.453M. The MA is the lowest since February 21, 1970
• The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 23 were in New York (+4,760), Massachusetts (+3,491), Connecticut (+1,045), Georgia (+932), and New Jersey (+888),
• The largest decreases were in California (-2,860), Ohio (-2,609), Michigan (-1,887), Washington (-475), and Minnesota (-453).

Under the radar yesterday was an announcement that Facebook would reduce hiring as revenue growth slows and inflation concerns increase. Employment is lagging indicator. Will that lag manifests itself in some of the jobs data going forward?