According to Odaily Planet Daily, the number of initial unemployment claims in the United States for the week ending June 15 was 238,000, which was expected to be 235,000 and the previous value was 242,000. The number of people who continued to apply for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 8 was 1.828 million, which was expected to be 1.805 million and the previous value was 1.82 million. The four-week average of initial unemployment claims in the week ending June 15 was 232,750, and the previous value was 227,000.