by Calculated Risk on 1/30/2025 08:30:00 AM
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease to 207,000
The DOL reported:
In the week ending January 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 207,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 223,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,500, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 213,500.The following graph shows the 4-week moving average of weekly claims since 1971.
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The dashed line on the graph is the current 4-week average. The four-week average of weekly unemployment claims decreased to 212,500.
The previous week was unrevised.
Weekly claims were below the consensus forecast.