Initial Claims: Where’s the Hiring?

Posted January 23, 2014 by rvillareal

Initial claims were modestly better than expected, rising by 1,000 (Consensus and Decision Economics: +4,000) from a prior-week level revised down by 1,000.  No major special factors were noted by Labor department analysts, though holiday and weather-driven reporting delays in Kentucky and D.C. forced estimates to be made.