The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment report on Thursday. It showed that about 207,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on April 20th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:
In the week ending April 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 207,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 212,000. The 4-week moving average was 213,250, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 214,500.
