Initial claims and continuing claims charts
- Prior week 202K (were estimating 220K) revised to 203K
- Initial jobless claims 205K vs 215K estimate
- 4-week MA jobless claims 212K vs 213.50K
- Continuing Claims 1.865M vs 1.888M estimate. Prior week 1.876M revised to 1.866M
- 4-week MA continuing claims 1.878M vs 1.872M last week.
The claims data remains solid with the initial claims remaining near 200K . The continuing claims are sideways.