Jobless claims in focus today, rebounding by 44K to 236K, well above expected, and highest since Sept 6 week. Everyone knows it is a noisy series, week to week, and it was presumably skewed by holiday measurement issues last week and this week. Still, this is an eye-catching jump, well above the 219K expected. Four week-moving average up to 216.75K from 214.75K last week.

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