The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said the advance, seasonally adjusted initial-claims figure reached 199,000 for the week ended Oct. 10, up 1,000 from the revised prior-week level.
The department revised the previous week’s figure to 198,000 from 197,000.
DOL’s technical notes define an initial claim as a filing made by an unemployed person after leaving an employer to seek a decision on benefit eligibility.



