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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsmore Americans Than Forecast Filed Weekly Jobless Claims
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-19/more-americans-than-projected-filed-jobless-claims-last-week.htmlMore Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign the improvement in labor-market conditions may be stalling.
Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 386,000 in the week ended April 14 from a revised 388,000 the prior period that was higher than initially estimated, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast of 47 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for a drop to 370,000. Revisions to previous data have been larger than normal and the government is trying to determine the cause, a Labor Department spokesman said as the figures were released to the press.
The claims figures raise the possibility the payroll gains that have helped push unemployment down to a three-year low may cool, weighing on consumer spending. Federal Reserve officials, awaiting evidence of a more robust job market and economic growth, have said theyll keep borrowing costs low through 2014.
Progress in the labor market is not quite as strong as people had hoped, but we are still on a recovery track here, said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James & Associates Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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more Americans Than Forecast Filed Weekly Jobless Claims (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2012
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WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)1. still fell by 2000 from last week.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)2. Just heard on radio Mittens bemoaning employment #s
How bad things have been under Obama. Seems to me that much progress has been made, even though there's a long way to go.
Julie
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)3. True ...
And it seems that many, including in the media, seem not to know, or are merely ignoring, the fact that whenever there have been periods with large numbers of long-term unemployed, the number of new filers ticks up as the economy improves, as discouraged workers re-enter the labor market.