The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that about 190,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on January 14th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:
In the week ending January 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 190,000, a decrease of 15,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 205,000. The 4-week moving average was 206,000, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 212,500.
