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“Jobless claims: Another 965,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week”

“The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results in the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:

  • Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan. 9: 965,000 vs. 789,000 expected and a revised 784,000 during the prior week
  • Continuing claims, week ended Jan. 2: 5.271 million vs. 5.000 million expected and 5.072 million during the prior week

At 965,000, new jobless claims hit the highest level since August, ending what had been a tentative start of a downward trend in initial claims…”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/initial-jobless-claims-week-ended-jan-9-2021-coronavirus-pandemic-191640522.html

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