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New and Continuing Jobless Claims worse than expected last week
The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg:Initial jobless claims, week ended March 13: 770,000 vs. 700,000 expected and an upwardly revised 725,000 during the prior week Continuing claims, week ended March 6: 4.124 million vs. 4.034 million expected and 4.144 million during the prior week Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-03-18 |
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