The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to 229k last week (more than the 220k expected) and the highest in four months...Source: BloombergPennsylvania, California, and Minnesota are the states seeing the largest rise in claims last week...Continuing jobless claims also rose last week to 1.795mm Americans - highest in two months, but still relatively low in the context of the last two years...Source: BloombergThe bottom line is that while initial jobless claims are rising, they remain low by historical standards and continue to run below year-ago levels.Taken together with the May payrolls report, the data suggest that labor-market momentum remains firm.