Jobless claims dip last week

[XZeroII]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4645334/

Some key points in the article...

First number is this month, second number is last month
? GDP Q4 4.1% 8.2%
? Unemployment Rate Feb. 5.6% 5.6%


The more stable four-week moving average of new claims, which smooths out weekly fluctuations, held steady last week at 340,250. That was the same figure as the week before, which had marked the lowest level since the week after President Bush?s inauguration in 2001.



New claims have exhibited a relatively stable pattern in recent months, suggesting the pace of layoffs has steadied after declining from relatively lofty levels.


In the report on jobless claims, the department said the number of people continuing to draw benefits after an initial week of aid rose 32,000 to 3.06 million in the week ended March 20, the latest week for which the data is available. A four-week average of that labor-market barometer stayed close to levels not seen since the summer of 2001.

I'm surprised Dave hasn't reported this...

oh wait, this is good new. That explains it.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4645334/

Some key points in the article...

First number is this month, second number is last month
? GDP Q4 4.1% 8.2%
? Unemployment Rate Feb. 5.6% 5.6%


The more stable four-week moving average of new claims, which smooths out weekly fluctuations, held steady last week at 340,250. That was the same figure as the week before, which had marked the lowest level since the week after President Bush?s inauguration in 2001.



New claims have exhibited a relatively stable pattern in recent months, suggesting the pace of layoffs has steadied after declining from relatively lofty levels.


In the report on jobless claims, the department said the number of people continuing to draw benefits after an initial week of aid rose 32,000 to 3.06 million in the week ended March 20, the latest week for which the data is available. A four-week average of that labor-market barometer stayed close to levels not seen since the summer of 2001.

I'm surprised Dave hasn't reported this...

oh wait, this is good new. That explains it.

I was posting it at the same time as you apparently and CAD and I were going over the "revised" numbers he lives by.

I don't go by the "numbers', I go by what the Corporate Thugs and the people that are affected by said Thugs are saying.

 

[XZeroII]

Yea, facts suck. Hearsay is all that matters.

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: XZeroII
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4645334/

Some key points in the article...

First number is this month, second number is last month
? GDP Q4 4.1% 8.2%
? Unemployment Rate Feb. 5.6% 5.6%


The more stable four-week moving average of new claims, which smooths out weekly fluctuations, held steady last week at 340,250. That was the same figure as the week before, which had marked the lowest level since the week after President Bush?s inauguration in 2001.



New claims have exhibited a relatively stable pattern in recent months, suggesting the pace of layoffs has steadied after declining from relatively lofty levels.


In the report on jobless claims, the department said the number of people continuing to draw benefits after an initial week of aid rose 32,000 to 3.06 million in the week ended March 20, the latest week for which the data is available. A four-week average of that labor-market barometer stayed close to levels not seen since the summer of 2001.

I'm surprised Dave hasn't reported this...

oh wait, this is good new. That explains it.

I was posting it at the same time as you apparently and CAD and I were going over the "revised" numbers he lives by.

I don't go by the "numbers', I go by what the Corporate Thugs and the people that are affected by said Thugs are saying.

I wonder if this is how you refer to them in job interviews?