US: Initial Jobless Claims rose more than estimated last week
Source Fxstreet
- Initial Jobless Claims rose by 249K vs. the previous week.
- Continuing Jobless Claims rose by nearly 1.880M.
US citizens that applied for unemployment insurance benefits increased by 249K in the week ending July 27 according to the US Department of Labor (DoL) on Thursday. The prints came in above initial consensus (236K) and were lower than the previous weekly gain of 235K.
Further details of the publication revealed that the advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2% and the 4-week moving average was 238.00K, an increase of 2.5K from the previous week's unrevised average.
In addition, Continuing Claims increased by 33K to 1.877M in the week ended July 20.
Market reaction
The US Dollar Index (DXY) comes under some pressure and leaves earlier tops past 104.40 against the backdrop of the incessant move lower in US yields across the curve.
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