US initial jobless claims
- Prior week 239K revised to 240K
- initial jobless claims 245K versus 240K estimate
- 4 week moving average of initial claims 239.75K versus 240.25 last week
- continuing claims 1.865M versus 1.820M estimate. Prior week revised to 1.804M from 1.810M estimate
- 4 week moving average of continuing claims 1.827M versus 1.812M last week
- The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 8 were in California (+10,640), New Jersey (+3,378), Texas (+2,981), Pennsylvania (+2,921), and Connecticut (+1,619),
- The largest decreases were in Ohio (-3,138), Indiana (-926), Missouri (-552), Michigan (-516), and Georgia (-468).