The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that about 205,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on December 18th. That is the same number that filed in the previous week.
Here is the official Labor Department statement:
In the week ending December 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 205,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 206,000 to 205,000. The 4- week moving average was 206,250, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 250 from 203,750 to 203,500.
