U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 200,000; Continuing Claims Fall to 1.697 Million
The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly unemployment insurance claims report on Nov. 12: the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 200,000 in the week ending Nov. 7, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level of 191,000. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 189,000.
The reading came in above market expectations. According to FXStreet, economists had expected 195,000 claims. Initial claims have hovered around 200,000 since mid-September and stood at 228,000 in the comparable week a year earlier.
The four-week moving average, which smooths weekly volatility, was 195,250, unchanged from the previous week's revised average.
Continuing claims, the number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, fell to 1,697,000 in the week ending Oct. 31, a decrease of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level of 1,717,000. The four-week moving average of continuing claims was 1,707,750, down 1,500. The insured unemployment rate was 1.1 percent, unchanged from the previous week.
On an unadjusted basis, initial claims totaled 206,982, up 28,870 from the previous week, compared with 238,729 in the same week of 2025. By state, California recorded 45,021 unadjusted initial claims, the most of any state, and 323,339 people in California were receiving benefits in the week ending Oct. 31, with an insured unemployment rate of 1.7 percent, among the highest in the nation.
The weekly claims report, published every Thursday by the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration, is one of the most timely readings on the U.S. labor market. The department is scheduled to release the October producer price index on Nov. 13.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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