The Labor Department announced 214,000 new US jobless claims for the week ending January 15, up 25,000 on the previous week's revised figure (189,000 instead of the 187,000 initially announced).

The four-week moving average - more representative of the underlying trend - came in at 202,250 for the same week, down by 1,500 on the previous week's revised average.

Finally, the number of people receiving regular benefits rose by 27,000 to 1,833,000 for the week ending January 8, the most recent period available for this statistic.


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