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The market expectations for weekly initial unemployment claims (from Bloomberg / Econoday) were 240 K to 250 K (consensus 245,000), and the Department of Labor reported 223,000 new claims. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and seasonality errors in adjusting the data) 4 week moving average moved from 240,500 (reported last week as 241,000) to 234,250. The rolling averages generally have been equal to or under 300,000 since August 2014.