US initial jobless claims 202K vs 220K estimate.

<ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-initial-jobless-claims-220k-versus-222k-estimate-20231207/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Prior week</a> 220K revised to 221K</li><li>Initial jobless claims 202K vs 220K estimate. Lowest since October 13 week. </li><li>4-week moving average of initial jobless claims 213.25K vs 221.00K last week.</li><li>Continuing claims 1.876M vs 1.887M estimate. Last week 1.861M revised to 1.856M</li><li>4-week moving average of continuing claims 1.8745M vs 1.871M</li><li>The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 2 were in California (+13,478), New York (+9,073),
Texas (+8,321), Georgia (+6,728), and Oregon (+5,406), </li><li>The largest decreases were in Kansas (-893), Vermont
(-14), and Delaware (-14).</li></ul><p>Ups and downs continue in the jobless claims. With the Christmas shopping season better this year, perhaps this is a catch up by retailers (and such) to match the demand. If you work, that is good. </p>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.