The number of Americans filling for unemployment benefits was 0.184 million in the week ended December 4, the lowest since September 1969, compared to 0.222 million reported in the previous week. Today’s reading came well below market expectations of 0.215 million.
Continuing claims reading, which lags initial jobless claims data by one week, increased to 1.992 million from 1,956 million, while analysts expected a decrease to 1.900 million.
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EURUSD pair fell after today's data release and is heading towards next support at 1.13. Source:xStation5