US initial jobless claims week ending 17 March 2017

  • Prior 241k. Revised to 243k

  • Continued claims 2.000m vs 2.035m exp. Prior 2.030m. Revised to 2.039m
  • 4 week average 240.00k vs 237.25k prior

There's nothing alarming about the uptick here as we're still coming off of record low levels for claims.

US jobless claims 4 week average