A Busy Morning: Jobless Claims, Durable Goods & Q1 Earnings

Thursday, April 24, 2025Ahead of the opening bell this Thursday morning, Initial Jobless Claims came in at 222K for last week, slightly above estimates but certainly within range that demonstrates a continued healthy labor market. The previous week’s print of 216K was ratcheted up just slightly on revision. Since the first of March, we’ve not seen new claims go higher than 225K nor lower than 215K.Continuing Claims performed even better in today’s release: 1.841 million longer-term jobless claims was nicely ...