Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on February 20, 2016:
Predicted: 270,000
Actual: 272,000
The highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.
Last Week: 262,000 (unrevised.)
Click here to view the full Labor Department report.