The Housing Chronicles Blog: Initial unemployment claims dip to lowest levels since December 1969

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Initial unemployment claims dip to lowest levels since December 1969

In the week ending February 24, initial unemployment claims were 210,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since December 6, 1969 when it was 202,000. The 4-week moving average was 220,500, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 27, 1969 when it was 219,750.

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