According to Reuters:
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 14,000
to a seasonally adjusted 442,000 in the week ended March 20,
the Labor Department said. The report included annual revisions
to the weekly unemployment claims seasonal factors going back
to 2005.
* Using the old seasonal factors, claims would have dropped
only to 453,000, a Labor Department official said.
* Analysts polled by Reuters had expected claims to slip to
450,000 from a previously reported 457,000 the prior week.
* The four-week moving average of new claims, which irons out
week-to-week volatility, fell 11,000 to 453,750. The number of
people still receiving benefits after an initial week of aid
fell 54,000 to 4.65 million in the week ended March 13 , the
lowest since December 2008, the Labor Department said.