Unemployment Claims Down 4K, Better Than Estimates Expected

Published on September 26, 2024

In the week ending September 21st, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 218,000. This represents a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's figure and is better than the 224,000 economists were expecting.

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