New weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week, ending a three-week streak of improvements.
The Labor Department released its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
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Initial jobless claims, week ended Feb. 12: 248,000 vs. 218,000 expected and a revised 225,000 during prior week
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Continuing claims, week ended Feb. 5: 1.593 million vs. 1.605 million expected, and a revised…
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