A claims figure that low points to employers reluctant to let workers go, a sign of continued labor-market strength.
Labor strength removes an argument for easier policy and hands more footing to Fed officials who favor a rate hike.
With inflation above the Fed's target for years, a tight jobs market makes a hike easier to justify than a cut.
Whether the broader jobs report confirms the strength, and how rate expectations shift into the Fed's September meeting.
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