The Labor Department reports that 217,000 new U.S. jobless claims were registered in the week to January 6, up 14,000 on the previous week.

The four-week moving average - more representative of the underlying trend - came in at 212,750, down anecdotally by 750 on the previous week.

Finally, the number of people receiving regular benefits fell by 18,000 to 1,859,000 in the week to December 30, the most recent period available for this statistic.

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