According to Odaily, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending July 20 was 235,000, slightly below the expected 238,000 and down from the previous week's 243,000. The four-week moving average of initial claims was 235,500, up from the previous week's 234,750. For the week ending July 13, the number of continuing jobless claims was 1.851 million, slightly below the expected 1.86 million and down from the previous week's 1.867 million.