The amount of American citizens applied for unemployment benefits grew by 24 000 to 399 000 in week ended 7th of January.
Analysts expected a number of 375 000 applications for last week.
Department of Commerce presented also retail sales data. U.S. December’s retail sales increased 0.1% to a seasonally adjusted 400.6 billion dollars. November’s revised data showed 0.4% rise.
Core retail sales fell 0.2% after 0.3% increase in previous month. It is the first recorded core sales decrease in last year.
After news release couple EUR/USD was traded at 1.2737.
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