U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to lowest level since April

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3. From the source... as for continuing claims: up 20k to 1,675k (previous week revised up 8k)

(what is commonly called continuing claims is insured unemployment in the below)

https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf

ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending January 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 186,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 190,000 to 192,000. The 4-week moving average was 197,500, a decrease of 9,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 750 from 206,000 to 206,750.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending January 14, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 14 was 1,675,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up 8,000 from 1,647,000 to 1,655,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,664,250, a decrease of 10,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 2,000 from 1,673,000 to 1,675,000.

UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 224,481 in the week ending January 21, a decrease of 63,849 (or -22.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 56,437 (or -19.6 percent) from the previous week. There were 266,990 initial claims in the comparable week in 2022. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent during the week ending January 14, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs totaled 1,873,829, a decrease of 34,805 (or -1.8 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 56,282 (or -2.9 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.4 percent and the volume was 2,001,240.

There are nice graphs of both initial claims and insured unemployment (continuing claims) for the past 12 months. Both the regular series and the moving average. And for both the seasonally adjusted numbers and for the unadjusted numbers.