The number of Americans filing jobless claims dropped again last week, as employers continue to seek new workers.
This latest reading may serve as a further data point for the Federal Reserve to pursue its aggressive rate-hike policy, which will likely have a negative effect on hiring.
Initial claims, which have declined since August after rising earlier in the summer, were 213,000, a decrease of  5,000 from the previous week, reported the Department of Labor on Sept. 15.
Economists had predicted the reading would climb to 227,000.
“Initial jobless claims in at 213,000 vs. 226,000 estimated. Sizeable beat on jobs. This adds yet another greenlight to aggressive rate hike action,” wrote Peter Tarr, a private fund manager, in a tweet….