Second, initial claims is very important, because the economy is in a state of concern right at thi…

Other than that, there's not too much to say. Initial claims is one of our favorite real-time indic…

Generally the data has been mediocre lately, but the lack of weakness on the weekly initial jobless…

"The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending March 2 were in California (+11,720), …

Initial claims data sharply surprised expectations, unexpectedly falling 10K to 332K and coming wit…

US: Initial claims drop but a distortion likely Initial claims plunged 37,000 to 335,000 during t…

Weekly jobless claims data came in much better than expected, falling to 340K from 347K. While clai…

"Watch for another substantial move in jobless claims on Thursday as the series continues to be buf…

"We suspect the 21k decline in jobless claims in the latest week was exaggerated by seasonal factor…

"As the partial federal government shutdown ended in the third week of October, we anticipate few i…

"It looks like the trend in the claims data has been improving lately away from the recent distorti…

I'm not going to redraw the graph, but with today's numbers (308,000 on the 4 week average) we have…

Economists expect claims to slide to 335,000 from 374,000 a week ago.Click Here For Live Update »

Economists estimate that claims climbed to 320,000 from 316,000 a week ago.Click Here For Live Upda…

"Jobless claims become especially important at times like this," said High Frequency Economics' Jim…

"[T]he fact that jobless claims have been consistently below 350k-a key level that has been commens…

People search for jobs on computers at the Verdugo Jobs Center, a partnership with the California E…

This is a great sign, and a key thing is that this low number is consistent (multiple weeks) sugges…

All pretty much right in line and won't move markets much. The number has been very volatile of lat…

Initial jobless claims are one of the best high-frequency, real-time indicators of the economy.That…