Initial jobless claims spiked last week to 360,000. Even after the prior week’s upward revision it was a jump of 32,000 claims. It’s going to be kind of hard to put a positive spin on this. The number of Americans…
Initial jobless claims fell to 339,000, which is a drop of 16,000 from last week’s upwardly revised 355,000. Bloomberg reports that this means the economy is improving, but hiring still isn’t where it needs to be. Job creation slowed last month…
It’s Thursday and you know what that means. Initial jobless claims jumped to 352,000. As usual it was very unexpected. The number of people who filed for unemployment assistance in the U.S. rose more-than-expected last week, official data showed on…
I almost forgot that it’s Thursday. That means it’s the day we hear about initial jobless claims. This week’s news is bad. Very bad. And unexpected, of course. Many more Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits than…
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means. The government released initial jobless claims data, and jobless claims have risen again. Of course, the numbers released last week have been revised upward. Shocking news, I know. In the week ending…
It’s Thursday and initial jobless claims have risen again. Last week they reported 332,000 but that was revised up to 334,000 so this week they’re saying that the number of claims has “only” risen by 2,000 to 236,000. No doubt…
It’s Thursday so you know what that means – time for initial jobless claims numbers. The number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits declined to a six-week low, showing further improvement in the labor market. First-time jobless claims unexpectedly…
Initial jobless claims have again beaten the expectations of the economists. How unexpected. Actually, the only thing unexpected this week is that last week’s numbers were revised down for a change. More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign…
Initial jobless claims have risen again. This week by 17,000. Oh, and of course, the numbers reported last week were revised upward. The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time jobless claims rose 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 361,000 in the…
The latest jobless claims numbers are in, and again, the number of people filing for first time jobless benefits is higher than economists expected. The only good news is that there are fewer jobless claims than last week, which was…
Isn’t it interesting that the jobless claims reported in the weeks leading up to the election were so low, and now that the election is behind us we get a report like this one? Of course, it was all unexpected…
I guess we won’t be hearing President Obama touting the jobless claims this week. The numbers released last week were revised upward, as usual, and this week’s numbers jumped to 388,000. Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 to a…
Nothing like some jobless claims numbers to bring us down from our post-debate high. Initial jobless claims have risen again. And of course, the numbers reported last week were revised upward. The number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment…
The number of jobless claims reported last week was revised up to 385,000 from 382,000. This week economists were expecting 375,000 initial jobless claims but the number came in at 382,000. No doubt the media and the Obama administration will…
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