Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 208,000

The DOL <a href="https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf">reported</a>:<br /> <blockquote> In the week ending January 3, the advance figure for <b>seasonally adjusted initial claims was 208,000</b>, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 199,000…