Today market participants will see if the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits has risen in line with market forecasts of 260,000, in the latest initial jobless claims data. The previous release revealed that the number of claims rose by 2,000 to 216,000, which was below market expectations of 220,000 and pointing towards a stubbornly tight labour market.
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