Jobless claims rise 9K to 228K

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• Initial Jobless Claims: +9K to 228K vs. 225K expected and 219K prior (unrevised).
• 4-week moving average was 211,500, up from 206,500.
• Continuing jobless claims of 1.368M vs. 1.365M consensus and 1.365M prior.
• The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.0% for the week ending Oct. 1, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate.
• The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 199,662 in the week ending Oct. 8, an increase of 32,275 (or 19.3%) from the previous week. The seasonal factors has expected an increase of 24,790 (or 14.8%) from the previous week.
• Recently, September CPI rises more than expected in September; core CPI rises 6.6%