After weak growth in the labor market, the number of U.S. citizens that have filed for unemployment rose to the highest level its been over the past six months. It is estimated that an additional 10,000 people filed to receive unemployment benefits last week. Economists hope that this statistic does not indicate that the job market in the U.S. will continue to weaken in the future.
See "Unemployment Claims Rise for Second Week in a Row", The New York Times, January 22, 2016