The record unemployment claims reported Thursday are unlikely to show up in Friday’s jobs report
That is because the government uses different time frames and methods for gathering data for the separate reports.
The Labor Department releases a national compilation of unemployment-insurance claims for the prior week every Thursday, giving a fairly quick read on fast-moving changes to the U.S. labor market.
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