The ranks of the unemployed are expected to swell anew, with Wall Street economists forecasting a marginal improvement in weekly jobless claims amid a relentless wave of COVID-19 infections dragging on the economy.
The Department of Labor will release its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here is what Wall Street is expecting, according to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan. 23: 875,000 expected vs. 900,000…
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