Jobless Claims Declined

Initial Jobless Claims (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: SEP 19 (Weekly)

ACTUAL : 530K

PRIOR : 545K

REVISED : 551K

SURVEY : 550K (Mean: 548K, High: 565K, Low: 510K)
 
 
Continuing Claims (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: SEP 12 (Weekly)

ACTUAL : 6138K

PRIOR : 6230K

REVISED : 6261K

SURVEY : 6183K (Mean: 6169K, High: 6250K, Low: 6100K)
 
The number of workers filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly declined last week. Also, continuing claims were down.
 
Initial claims fell 21,000 to 530,000 in the week ending Sept. 19. Economist expected an increase of 5,000.
 
Continuing claims, which are claims drawn by workers for more than one week, fell by 123,000 to 6,138,000 from the prior week's revised level of 6,261,000.
 
The unemployment rate ending Sept. 12 fell by 0.1% to 9.6%.