Weekly Jobless Claims Report

From the Desk of Lou Brien:

1. The weekly report on Initial Jobless Claims, at 448k for the week ended April 24, was down 11k from a week ago.
2. Continuing Claims were down 18k at 4.645 million for the week ended April 17.
3. The Federal extended and emergency benefits were down 91k at 5.402 million for the week ended April 10.