Estimates show that the number of initial jobless claims in the US fell to around 215,000 last week.

Jinse Finance reported that, based on the analysis of unadjusted state-level claims data released during the U.S. government shutdown, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States declined last week. According to Bloomberg's analysis of the data, for the week ending October 11, the number of initial claims was about 215,000, lower than the previous week's estimate of 234,000. Due to the government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Labor has not released its weekly unemployment report since September 25, but still provides downloadable data for most states. This estimate was adjusted using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' pre-released weekly seasonal adjustment factors. When data from all states is complete, this method is highly consistent with the official seasonally adjusted data. However, the latest weekly data for Arizona, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Tennessee is missing, so the average of the previous four weeks was used instead. Calculations show that for the week ending October 4, the number of continuing claims slightly increased to 1.93 million, up from the previous week's estimate of 1.92 million. (Golden Ten Data)