Now, the notion of a moving average for filtering is something that is very commonly used.
That pushed the four-week moving average for claims to the highest level since July 1998.
Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) Bit of a frightening chart: #Japan's Nikkei breaks 200day Moving Average for the first time since #Abenomics.
The less volatile four-week moving average for unemployment-benefits claims fell last week to 282,000.
The four-week moving average for jobless claims, which smooths out volatility, rose 3,250 to 370,500.
The four-week moving average for new claims, which irons out weekly volatility, dropped by 27,000, to 381,500.
The four-week moving average for claims, a measure intended to smooth out weekly fluctuations, rose by 5,750, to 388,250.
The drop in new claims pulled the four-week moving average for jobless claims down to 395,750, from 400,250 the previous week.
HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES Graph tracks daily Four-week moving average for New York, Chicago and Los Angeles from January to June.
The 365-day moving average for the contract closest to expiration is at $32.97, the highest since futures in New York began trading in 1983.
But the four-week moving average for new claims, considered to be a better gauge of underlying trends, fell to the lowest level since late January.
