• Weekly jobless claims fall 16,000 to 187,000
  • Continuing claims drop 26,000 to 1.806 million
  • Single-family housing starts decline 8.6% in December
  • Single-family building permits increase 1.7%

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-level-last-seen-sept-2022-2024-01-18/