by calculated risk November 14, 2024 08:30:00 AM
dollar reported:
Advance figures for the week ending November 9 are: Initial seasonally adjusted claims were 217,000This was a decrease of 4,000 cases from the previous week’s pre-revised level of 221,000 cases. The four-week moving average was 221,000, down 6,250 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 227,250.
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The following graph shows the four-week moving average of weekly claims since 1971.
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The dashed line on the graph is the current four-week average. The four-week average of weekly unemployment insurance claims fell to 221,000.
Last week it was unfixed.
Weekly filings were below consensus expectations.
