4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims

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4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims (IC4WSA)

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2018-05-12: 213,250 | Number | Weekly,
Ending Saturday | Updated: May 17, 2018

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2018-05-12: 213,250 (+ more)
Updated: May 17, 2018

2018-05-12:	213,250
2018-05-05:	216,000
2018-04-28:	221,500
2018-04-21:	229,250
2018-04-14:	231,500
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Ending Saturday

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NOTES

Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration

Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

Units: Number, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Weekly, Ending Saturday

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Employment and Training Administration, 4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims [IC4WSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IC4WSA, May 21, 2018.