New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of December 2, 2017
Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on December 2, 2017:
Predicted: 240,000
Actual: 236,000
The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.
From today's report:
Predicted: 240,000
Actual: 236,000
The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.
- Previous Week (unrevised): 238,000
- 4-Week Moving Average: 241,500
From today's report:
"...Claims taking procedures continue to be disrupted in the Virgin Islands. Claims taking process in Puerto Rico has still not returned to normal..."========
Labels: employment, hard_data, jobs, layoffs, unemployment
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posted by Steve Brown | 12/07/2017 04:13:00 PM
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