July 14 (Reuters) – U.S. jobless claims rose in the week to July 9 to 244,000 from 235,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
Economists expected an average of 235,000 jobless claims.
Data for the week to July 2 has not been revised.
The four-week moving average stands at 235,750 against 232,500 (unrevised) the previous week.
The number of people regularly receiving benefits rose to 1.33 million during the week of July 2 (last week for which these figures are available) against 1.37 million (revised) the previous week. (Report Olivier Cherfan in Gdansk, edited by Kate Entringer)