US initial jobs claims 180K versus 180K estimate

• Prior report 184K revised to 185K
• 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 180K versus estimate of 180K
• 4 week moving average initial jobs claims 177.25K versus 172.75K last week
• Continuing claims 1.408M versus expectations of 1.403M estimate. The prior week was revised to 1.409M from 1.417M previously reported.
• 4 week moving average of continuing claims 1.482M. This is the lowest since March 21, 1971 was at 1.457M
• The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 9 were in Missouri (+7,194), Michigan (+5,950), California (+3,215), Indiana (+3,193), and Texas (+2,617),
• The largest decreases were in Ohio (-3,886), Wisconsin (-1,159), Oklahoma (-776), Utah (-270), and Hawaii (-219).

The data for the continuing claims is for the survey week of the next months employment report.