US initial jobs claims 209K versus 210K estimate

<ul><li>Prior week jobless claims 207K revised to 209K</li><li>Initial jobless claims 209K vs 210K estimate</li><li>The 4-week moving average initial jobless claims 206.25K vs. 208.75k last week revised to 209.25K</li><li>Continuing claims 1.702xM vs 1.680M estimate.</li><li>Prior week continuing claims 1.664M revised to 1.672M</li><li>The 4-week MA of Continuing claims is at 1.674M vs last week's 1.6695M</li><li>The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 30 were in California (+1,202), Texas (+453),
Michigan (+409), Virginia (+331), and Indiana (+306),</li><li>The largest decreases were in Ohio (-1,528), Alabama
(-794), Illinois (-492), Missouri (-470), and Colorado (-456).</li></ul><p>Initial jobless claims continue to skim on the 200 K level. Continuing claims did move back above the 1.7M level a small increase indicative of perhaps a little more layoffs. Employment is still healthy overall.</p>

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