WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by
5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 330,000 in the week ended Jan. 19, marking the
lowest level since January 2008
Yet the claims report can somewhat erratic in
January after the end of the holiday season and it will take another few weeks
of data to see if the number of people filing new claims remains at its current
lows
The Labor Department said estimates were used for three states that did
not file complete information on time, including California and Virginia
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected claims to climb to 360,000 last
week
Initial claims from two weeks ago were unrevised at 335,000, Labor said
The average of new claims over the past month, meanwhile, fell by 8,250 to
351,750, the lowest level since March 2008
The four-week average reduces
seasonal volatility in the weekly data and is seen as a more accurate barometer
of labor-market trends
Also, Labor said continuing claims decreased by 71,000
to a seasonally adjusted 3.16 million in the week ended Jan. 12
Continuing
claims reflect the number of people already receiving benefits
About 5.66
million people received some kind of state or federal benefit in the week ended
Jan. 5, down 214,076 from the prior week
Total claims are reported with a
two-week lag
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