Initial jobless claims in continuing claims
- Initial jobless claims 205K versus 215K estimate
- Prior week revised to 206K vs 204K
- four week moving average 215.5 K versus 214.25K last week
- continuing claims 1.634 vs 1.705 M estimate. Prior week revised to 1.687M from 1.694M previously reported
- 4- week MA vs last week 1.679M vs 1.688M (revised) last week
- The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 31 were in New Jersey (+4,514), Michigan (+3,322), New York (+3,169), Massachusetts (+2,670), and Pennsylvania (+2,401),
- The largest decreases were in Kentucky (-3,808), Illinois (-3,439), Texas (-3,252), Missouri (-2,882), and Minnesota (-880).