8:30a U.S. weekly jobless claims increase by 1,000 to 234,000 8:30a Four-week jobless claims average drops 5,750 to 235,250 8:30a Monthly average of jobless claims lowest since April 1973 8:31a Advanced U.S. trade deficit in goods widens 3.8% in April to $67.6 billion 8:31a U.S. stock futures hold gains after jobless claims 8:31a Gold tips slightly higher after weekly jobless-claims, trade data 8:32a Advanced U.S. wholesale inventories fall 0.3% in April