US jobless claims hold steady at 20-month high, current account gap widens – Times of India
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday showed 264,000 new claims were filed for jobless benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended June 17, unchanged from the prior week’s upwardly revised level, which is the highest level of initial claims activity since October 2021.
The median expectation among economists polled by Reuters was for 260,000 new claims.
Meanwhile, the ranks of all those continuing to receive benefits beyond the first week fell to 1.759 million in the week ended June 10 from a revised 1.772 million the week before. The latest reading compared with a median economists’ estimate of 1.782 million so-called continued claims.
The government also reported that the U.S. current account deficit – the broadest measure of the flow of goods, services and investments into and out of the country – widened modestly in the first three months of 2023, snapping three quarters of narrowing.
The Commerce Department said the current account gap grew to $219.3 billion in the first quarter from a revised $216.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. Economists in a Reuters poll had estimated it widening to $217.5 billion.
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