New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of January 20, 2018

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on January 20, 2018:

Predicted: 240,000
Actual: 233,000

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 (revised): 216,000

• 4-Week Moving Average: 240,000

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From today's report:

"...The claims taking procedures in Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands have still not returned to normal..."

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