Here come initial jobless claims ...

It's Thursday, and so at 8:30 a.m. ET, we'll get the latest weekly initial jobless claims numbers.

Economists estimate that the number of first-time claims made for unemployment benefits totaled 275,000 last week, according to Bloomberg.

That would be a drop by 2,000 from the prior period.

"These figures are notoriously unreliable this time of year given ever-shifting weather patterns and the difficulty of properly adjusting for the winter holidays," wrote Deutsche Bank's Joe LaVorgna in a client preview. "Still, as long as claims on a trend basis remain comfortably below 300k, we can be reasonably confident that the labor market remains healthy."

We'll have the latest here live once the data cross, refresh this page for updates.

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