Jobless claims: the situation remains, ‘all system go’ – by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims declined -2,000 last week to 190,000, while the 4 week moving average increased 1,750 to 193,000. Continuing claims, with a one week delay, increased 5,000 to 1,655,000. All of these remain excellent numbers: To repeat my meme over the past year, virtually nobody is getting laid off. It’s almost impossible to have an economic downturn with that kind of evidence. To wit, on a YoY basis, while the past one week and continuing claims are both slightly higher, the crucially important 4 week average remains lower: Unless and until the 4-week average goes higher YoY by at least 10%, this series is not even worthy of a yellow flag. For now,
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Jobless claims: the situation remains, ‘all system go’
– by New Deal democrat
Initial jobless claims declined -2,000 last week to 190,000, while the 4 week moving average increased 1,750 to 193,000. Continuing claims, with a one week delay, increased 5,000 to 1,655,000. All of these remain excellent numbers:
To repeat my meme over the past year, virtually nobody is getting laid off. It’s almost impossible to have an economic downturn with that kind of evidence.
To wit, on a YoY basis, while the past one week and continuing claims are both slightly higher, the crucially important 4 week average remains lower:
Unless and until the 4-week average goes higher YoY by at least 10%, this series is not even worthy of a yellow flag. For now, when it comes to employment, it remains ‘all systems go.’
Initial Jobless Claims continue recent excellent streak, Angry Bear, New Deal democrat