New US unemployment insurance claims high level for the first time in almost a year - suggests labor market deceleration

Updated 2024/8/1 22:26 JST (some excerpts)
4-week moving average of unemployment insurance claims, up 2,500 to 0.23 million8,000
The number of applications before seasonal adjustment fell 10,000 to 0.21 million5827 - Texas had the biggest decline
The number of new US unemployment insurance claims last week rose to almost a year's first level, and it is a new proof that the labor market is slowing down.
The number of new unemployment insurance claims for the week ending 7/27 was 0.24 million9000, an increase of 14,000 from the previous week
The median economist forecast compiled by Bloomberg is 0.23 million6000
0.23 million5000 cases last week
The number of continuous recipients of unemployment insurance was 1.87 million7,000 in the week ending on the 20th, an increase of 33,000 compared to the previous week
High level since November 2021