Weekly Jobless Claims Fall, Back Below 200K

Dec 30, 2021 | 8:35 AM

(Washington, DC) — Weekly jobless claims are on the decline again. The Labor Department says last week’s number was 198-thousand. That’s down eight-thousand from the previous week’s revised total. The four-week moving average of claims is now just below 200-thousand. It hasn’t been that low since October 1969.

The biggest increases in first-time claims for the week ending December 18th happened in Oklahoma, Michigan, and Washington. Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky saw the biggest drops.

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Steven Anthony/jtw OK) MI) WA) MO) PA) KY)