Source summary
The Department of Labor reports that advance seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims fell to 227,000 for the week ending February 7, down 5,000 from the prior week's revised level. The 4-week moving average rose to 219,500. The seasonally adjusted insured unemployment level increased to 1,862,000 (insured unemployment rate 1.2%), while total continued weeks claimed across all programs rose to 2,248,314.
Pennsylvania,
New York,
Missouri,
New Jersey and
Illinois recorded the largest single-week increases in initial claims.