Here Comes Initial Jobless Claims...

The weekly report on initial jobless claims is set for release at the bottom of the hour.

Expectations are for claims to total 295,000, down from last week's 313,000.

Last week's report missed expectations, and also showed the four-week moving average of claims rose to 294,000 from 287,500 the prior week.

Thursday's claims report comes after Wednesday's ADP private payrolls report showed US companies added 208,000 jobs in November, and comes ahead of Friday's big November jobs report.

We'll be back with the live numbers when they hit.