Karen Moscow

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I'm sorry, you can't say that he won't be sued if he doesn't drop interest rates?

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I'm Karen Moscow and we'll get to President Trump's wide-ranging interview with NBC News.

But first, a look at the jobs market this morning.

Applications for U.S.

unemployment benefits rose by more than forecast last week when severe winter weather curtailed business activity.

initial claims increased by 22 000 to 231 000 in the final week of january claims exceeded all estimates in a bloomberg survey of economists continuing claims a proxy for the number of people receiving benefits increased to 1.84 million in the previous week also this morning u.s companies announced the largest number of job cuts for any january since the depths of the great recession in 2009

that according to data from outplacement firm Challenger Gray and Christmas, companies last month announced 108,435 job cuts, a 118% increase from a year earlier.