The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment report on Wednesday this week. It showed about 201,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on January 4th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:
In the week ending January 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 201,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 211,000. The 4-week moving average was 213,000, a decrease of 10,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 223,250.