New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of January 16, 2016

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on January 16, 2016:

Predicted: 275,000
Actual: 293,000

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 (revised): 283,000

Click here to view the full Labor Department report.