US weekly jobless claims come in at 197,000, below the 200,000 estimate

US weekly jobless claims come in at 197,000, below the 200,000 estimate

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2026-10-08 12:30:18
The number of Americans filing initial jobless claims for the week ended Oct. 3 came in at 197,000, slightly below the market estimate of 200,000, according to a newsflash carried by Odaily and attributed to Jin10. The prior week’s figure was revised to 199,000 from 197,000. The four-week moving average of initial claims was reported at 198,000. That reading was revised from a previous 200,000 to 200,500 for the prior print. Continuing claims for the week ended Sept. 26 stood at 1.716 million, compared with an estimate of 1.708 million. The previous figure was revised to 1.699 million from 1.701 million. The update is a macroeconomic data point from the US labor market and was published in Odaily’s 7x24 news feed, citing Jin10 as the source.

Initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ended Oct. 3 totaled 197,000, below the 200,000 estimate, according to an Odaily newsflash citing Jin10. The previous reading was revised to 199,000 from 197,000.

The four-week average for initial claims came in at 198,000. The prior figure was revised to 200,500 from 200,000.

Continuing claims for the week ended Sept. 26 were 1.716 million, versus an estimate of 1.708 million. The previous reading was revised to 1.699 million from 1.701 million.

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