Sentences with phrase «with initial jobless claims»

«This is yet another sign that, as we first saw with the initial jobless claims data, the recovery from Harvey was very fast and the disruption from Irma in Florida was far less than initially feared,» said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities.

Other job - related data continue to show signs of improvement with initial jobless claims hovering near a new low of the recovery at the end of March.

Unemployment is down, with initial jobless claims falling to the lowest level in four years.

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The market is expected to see the weekly initial jobless claims data and the trade balance in the US with focus on Friday's non-farm payroll report.

The economics calendar will be busy Thursday, with the weekly report on initial jobless claims, as well as readings on worker productivity and the trade balance are all due at 8:30 AM ET (1230GMT).

For example, weekly initial jobless claims are currently running at around the 345,000 level, which in the past has been consistent with monthly employment gains of around 150,000; the manufacturing ISM employment index is at a 20 - year high; and growth in temporary - help services employment (which tends to lead overall employment) has picked up.

Turning to today's economic calendar, Eurozone trade data will be released along with a string of US reports including initial jobless claims and manufacturing figures.

Initial jobless claims are around 320,000, a level usually associated with monthly employment gains of more than 200,000, and the employment components of the ISM surveys report healthy labour demand.