Unemployment Claims Up 33K, Much Worse Than Expected

Published on October 10, 2024

In the week ending October 5th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 258,000. This represents an increase of 33,000 from the previous week's figure and is well below the 231,000 economists were expecting.

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