JOBLESS CLAIMS ARE IN
• Thursday, the BLS released weekly initial jobless numbers. They came in at 220k, 5k lower than expected.
• Last week, the initial jobless was revised to 1,000 to 217k.
In the week ending September 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 216,000 to 217,000. The...