Insurance

Initial Jobless Claims Fall Slightly For the Week 

Initial jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 13 are a little less gloomy with seasonally-adjusted claims coming in at 554,000, a 3.65 percent decrease — 21,000 less claims — from the previous week’s revised figure of 575,000 claims. The four-week moving average was not so optimistic, however, totaling 543,750, showing a 0.5 percent increase of 2,750 from the previous week’s revised average of 541,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s most recent data.