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U.S. weekly jobless claims rise in latest week
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - First-time claims for state unemployment benefits rose in the latest week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The four-week average of initial claims rose 5,000 to 350,500 in the week ended Feb. 7.
It's the highest level in a month. The increase was higher than expected.
The consensus forecast of Wall Street economists was for the four-week moving average to rise by 1,000 to 345,000.
The number of initial claims in the week ending Jan. 31 rose by 6,000 to 363,000.
This is the highest level since the week ended Dec. 6, 2003.
A Labor Department official said ice storms in the Southeast impacted the data for the second straight week, but could not quantify the impact.
Meanwhile, the number of Americans receiving state jobless benefits fell to 3.083 million in the week ending Jan. 31. This is the lowest level since July 2001.
The four-week moving average of continuing claims fell 11,000 to 3.106 million, the lowest since August 2001.

8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. CONTINUING JOBLESS CLAIMS DOWN 23,000 TO 3.08 MLN
8:30am 02/12/04 LABOR DEPT SAYS BAD WEATHER STILL IMPACTING CLAIMS DATA
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. JAN. RETAIL SALES FALL 0.3% VS. 0.1% GAIN EXPECTED
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. WEEKLY INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS UP 6,0000 TO 363,000
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. JAN. RETAIL SALES EX-AUTOS UP 0.9% V 0.6% EXPECTED
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. JAN. AUTO SALES FALL 3.9%
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. RETAIL SALES UP 5% YEAR-OVER-YEAR, 6.6% EX-AUTOS
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. 4-WEEK AVG. JOBLESS CLAIMS UP 5,000 TO 350,500
8:30am 02/12/04 U.S. RETAIL SALES SHOW WEAKNESS IN DURABLES

U.S. Jan. retail sales sink 0.3% on weak auto sales
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - U.S. retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in January, the first decline in four months, as auto sales screeched to a halt.
Sales excluding autos advanced a healthy 0.9 percent in the month, the Commerce Department estimated Thursday. It's the largest increase in ex-auto sales since August.
Economists were looking for a weak increase of about 0.1 percent, with ex-auto sales expected to rise 0.6 percent.
December's retail sales were revised down to a 0.2 percent gain from 0.5 percent.
Sales excluding autos were revised higher to a 0.2 percent gain in December from 0.1 percent.
Sales of other durable goods were also weak in January.
Sales of nondurable goods fared much better.