About 224,000 Filed For Unemployment Last Week

The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment report on Thursday. It showed that 224,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on November 30th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:

In the week ending November 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 224,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 213,000 to 215,000. The 4-week moving average was 218,250, an increase of 750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 217,000 to 217,500.