<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/552fa8b26da811eb47b27f82-931-698/depression-recession-crash-economy-free-food-bread-coffee-line-unemployment-jobs-7.jpg" border="0" alt="depression recession crash economy free food bread coffee line unemployment jobs"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unemployed_men_queued_outside_a_depression_soup_kitchen_opened_in_Chicago_by_Al_Capone,_02-1931_-_NARA_-_541927.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Initial jobless claims rose more than expected last week to 294,000. </p><p>Expectations were for claims to total 280,000, down from 281,000 last week. Last week's four-week moving average of claims fell to the lowest since June 2000. </p><p>Last week's number was also revised up slightly to 282,000. </p><p>The four-week moving average of claims rose slightly from last week's nearly 15-year low, but rose by just 250. </p><p>More to come...</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-body-man-reggie-love-2015-2">Here's what it takes to be President Obama's right-hand man</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="g1N2NwczpXSDrnuf4uTcS7BnUmwlMLeM" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'g1N2NwczpXSDrnuf4uTcS7BnUmwlMLeM',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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Initial jobless claims rise more than expected

Wikimedia CommonsInitial jobless claims rose more than expected last week to 294,000. Expectations were for claims to total 280,000, down from 281,000 last week. Last week's four-week moving average of claims fell to the lowest since June 2000. Last week's number was also revised up slightly to 282,000. The four-week moving average of claims rose slightly from last week's nearly 15-year low, but rose by just 250. More to come... NOW WATCH: Here's what it takes to be President Obama's right-hand man if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'g1N2NwczpXSDrnuf4uTcS7BnUmwlMLeM',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); Please enable Javascript to watch this video (function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }());

Wikimedia CommonsInitial jobless claims rose more than expected last week to 294,000. Expectations were for claims to total 280,000, down from 281,000 last week.

Initial jobless claims rise more than expected

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