Financial News: U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected To 219,000

02/06/2025 - 11:05:00 (RTTNews)

(RTTNews) - A day ahead of the release of the more closely watched monthly jobs report, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rose by more than expected in the week ended February 1st.

The report said initial jobless claims climbed to 219,000, an increase of 11,000 from the previous week's revised level of 208,000.

Economists had expected initial jobless claims to rise to 213,000 from the 207,000 originally reported for the previous week.

The Labor Department said the less volatile four-week moving average also crept up to 216,750, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average of 212,750.

Continuing claims, a reading on the number of people receiving ongoing unemployment assistance, also rose by 36,000 to 1.886 million in the week ended January 25th.

The four-week moving average of continuing claims also inched up to 1,872,250, an increase of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average of 1,870,000.

On Friday, the Labor Department is scheduled to release its more closely watched report on employment in the month of January.

Economists currently expect employment to climb by 170,000 jobs in January after jumping by 256,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate is expected to hold at 4.1 percent.

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