U.S. Continuous Jobless Claims
Rep: 1,862k âś… Lower Than Expected âś…
Exp: 1,900K
Prev: 1,889k (revised down from 1,895k)
Continuous claims came in 27,000 lower than last week (1,889k down to 1,862k). This is also 38,000 lower than what was expected this week (1,900k vs 1862k).
The long term trend in continuous claims does not match the recent short term decline. Continuous claims have increased from lows of c.1,302k in Sept 2022 to c.1,925k in Nov 2023 (623k increase). Subsequently we stretched up to reach close to these highs at the beginning of Feb 2024 reaching up to c.1,894k. Since then we have reduced down to 1,862k (a 32k reduction).
Chart Trend
Since Sept 2022 continuing claims has increased from 1.302m to 1.862m (560k+).
This is significantly concerning trend and suggests that an increasing number of people that have become unemployed are remaining unemployed for longer.