Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of December 5, 2015

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims report for the week that ended on December 5, 2015:

Predicted: 270,000
Actual: 282,000

The highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists and Wall Street forecasters were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

Last Week (unrevised): 269,000

Click here to view the full Labor Department report.