US initial jobless claims 216K versus 222K estimate

• Prior week report
• 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 216Kversus 222K estimate. Last week 211K revised to 214K
• 4 week moving average of initial jobless claims 221.75K vs 228.00 last week
• continuing claims 1.671M versus 1.683M estimate. Last week 1.671M revised to 1.678M
• 4 week moving average of continuing claims1.657M vs 1.627M last week
• The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 10 were in Connecticut (+471), District of Columbia (+237), Nevada (+157), Kentucky (+153), and Illinois (+138),
• The largest decreases were in New York (-7,134), California (-4,830), Georgia (-4,273), Texas (-3,954), and Pennsylvania (-2,669).

Steady as she goes for the claims data.