May 19, 2011
The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. Claims fell 29,000 from a 4,000 upward revision of the previous week. Here is the official statement from the Department of Labor:
In the week …
May 19, 2011
The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. Claims fell 29,000 from a 4,000 upward revision of the previous week. Here is the official statement from the Department of Labor:
In the week …
May 5, 2011
The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. Claims rose 43,000 from an upward revision of the previous week to 431,000. That is a 10% increase for the week and a 4-week moving average increase…
April 28, 2011 weekly update
The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. Claims rose 25,000 from an upward revision of the previous week to 429,000. The 4-week moving average increased by 2.3%. Here is …
Economists touted today’s manufactured goods gains as the linchpin of the economic recovery. Considering that manufacturing accounts for only 11% of the US economy, and durable goods is about half of that, that’s hanging a lot on this one sector. Is there any reason for bullishness on this?