US weekly initial jobless claims 225K vs 225K expected | Forexlive

• Prior was 216K
• Continuing claims 1710K vs 1686K expected
• Prior continuing claims 1672K

Jobless claims are highly volatile at Christmas and New Years because of holiday skews. You don’t get a clean read until the second week of January. For 2023, the Fed will want to get claims to around 300k, so there is plenty of ground to cover.