US Unemployment Claims forecast
US 4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance is at a current level of 363.75K, a decrease of 5.50K or 1.49% from last week. This is a decrease of 42.25K or 10.41% from last year and is higher than the long term average of 363.53K.
US Unemployment Claims report 23 august 2012
According to the Labor Department, the americans that filed in their first initial claims for regular state unemployment-insurance benefits rose by 4K last week to a seasonally adjusted 372K in the week ended August 18, missing expectations at 365K and coming from 368K (revised) in the previous print.
Continuing claims, which reflect people already receiving benefits, rose by 4K to a seasonally adjusted 3.317 million in the week ended August 4 vs. 3.313 million in the previous week (revised).
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