by Calculated Risk on 4/18/2013 08:35:00 AM
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 352,000
The DOL reports:
In the week ending April 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 352,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 348,000. The 4-week moving average was 361,250, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 358,500.The previous week was revised up from 346,000.
The following graph shows the 4-week moving average of weekly claims since January 2000.
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The dashed line on the graph is the current 4-week average. The four-week average of weekly unemployment claims increased to 361,250 - the highest level since January.
Weekly claims were above the 347,000 consensus forecast.