US Jobless Claims Data Update

Initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 to 472,000 in the week ended Aug. 28, in line with the median forecast ---Productivity in U.S. Falls More Than First Estimated, Labor Costs Increase. The measure of employee output per hour dropped at a 1.8% annual rate, twice the 0.9% decrease initially calculated & the biggest decline in almost 4 years. Unit labor costs were projected to rise 1.2%.