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Unemployment Claims decreased to 276,000

Thursday, Jun 04 2015
In the week ending May 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 276,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. Analysts were anticipating smaller decline to 280,000. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 282,000 to 284,000. The 4-week moving average was 274,750, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 271,500 to 272,000.  
 
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6% for the week ending May 23, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 23 was 2,196,000, a decrease of 30,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the lowest level for insured unemployment since November 11, 2000 when it was 2,161,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,214,250, a decrease of 8,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since November 25, 2000 when it was 2,211,250.
 
Data did not have any major impact on the markets. Euro is currently being traded few points above 1.1320 level, Sterling is slightly below 1.54 handle, while Aussie is around 0.7730 area.
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