Last weeks claims #: 2,981,000
4-Week Average of Claims: 3,616,500
Prior Weeks 4-Week Average: 4,180,500
13-Week Average of Claims: 2,895,154
Prior Weeks 13-Week Average: 2.681.538
Comments: Weekly claims came in lower week over week at 2,981,000 on Thursday. The 4-week moving average of claims once again dropped on a week / week basis. However, the 13-week moving average (shown here) continued to move higher for another week. For the 4-week avg to rise next week, we would need to see the weekly number come in above 5,237,000 which seems very unlikely at this point.