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Title: Weekly Jobless Claims Increase 18,000 (Media Silent)
Post by: Chris_ on April 08, 2010, 01:54:09 PM

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending April 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 460,000, an increase of 18,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 442,000. The 4-week moving average was 450,250, an increase of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average of 448,000.

What?  No headlines?

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Title: Re: Weekly Jobless Claims Increase 18,000 (Media Silent)
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 08, 2010, 02:02:58 PM

The increase, of course, was unexpected. As expected.

Title: Re: Weekly Jobless Claims Increase 18,000 (Media Silent)
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on April 08, 2010, 02:20:33 PM

Financial sites did take note of it, and attributed the early sag in the index numbers today to it.

Title: Re: Weekly Jobless Claims Increase 18,000 (Media Silent)
Post by: thundley4 on April 08, 2010, 04:17:38 PM

They talked about it on FNC, and the Dims are claiming the usual BS reasons. One went as far as to claim that Caesar Chavez Day in Califruitopia had some effect.