The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that about 183,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on January 28th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:
In the week ending January 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 183,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 186,000. The 4-week moving average was 191,750, a decrease of 5,750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 197,500.
