Odaily News The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 29 was 238,000, with an expected number of 235,000 and a previous value of 233,000; the four-week average of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 29 was 238,500, with a previous value of 236,000; the number of continuing jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 22 was 1.858 million, with an expected number of 1.84 million and a previous value of 1.839 million. (Jinshi)