The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that about 228,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on October 8th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:
In the week ending October 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 228,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 219,000. The 4-week moving average was 211,500, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 206,500.
