[Citi: Continuing jobless claims show weakness in U.S. job market] Golden Finance reported that Citibank economist Gisela Hoxha wrote that the four-week moving average of continuing unemployment claims in the United States has continued to rise recently, indicating that the labor market is weakening. This figure has been higher than the same period last year, reflecting a slowdown in hiring and longer job hunting time for the unemployed. This weakness may make it more difficult for official employment data to show that the labor market has rebounded from the impact of the hurricane. "If the number of continuing unemployment claims in states affected by the hurricane remains high in the coming weeks, the November employment data released in early December may not fully rebound from the impact of the hurricane," Hoxha wrote.