The US government released some initial jobless claims data: most were revised upwards.

According to the U.S. government website, initial jobless claims for the week ending October 18 were 232,000; continuing jobless claims were 1,957,000, an increase from the previous week's 1,947,000. Meanwhile, initial jobless claims for the week ending September 20 were revised upward from 218,000 to 219,000, and the four-week moving average was revised upward from 237,500 to 237,750. Continuing jobless claims for the week ending September 13 were revised downward from 1,926,000 to 1,916,000. The U.S. government website has not yet released initial jobless claims data for the weeks ending September 27, October 4, October 11, October 25, November 1, and November 8. If the government had not shut down, these six sets of data should have been released. (Jinshi)