Jobless claims: still holding steady – by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims rose slightly, by 7,000, from one week ago to 225,000. The 4 week average declined -250 to 218,750. Continuing claims also rose slightly, by 6,000, to 1,493,000: This is right in the middle of where claims have been for the last 6 months. If anything, there might be a slight rising trend in the last month. The jobs market remains very tight. Aside from Zuckerberg’s and Musk’s employees in social media, almost nobody is getting laid off. “Jobless claims: steady as she goes,” Angry Bear, angry bear blog. Tags: jobless claims, NDd
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Jobless claims: still holding steady
– by New Deal democrat
Initial jobless claims rose slightly, by 7,000, from one week ago to 225,000. The 4 week average declined -250 to 218,750. Continuing claims also rose slightly, by 6,000, to 1,493,000:

This is right in the middle of where claims have been for the last 6 months. If anything, there might be a slight rising trend in the last month.
The jobs market remains very tight. Aside from Zuckerberg’s and Musk’s employees in social media, almost nobody is getting laid off.
“Jobless claims: steady as she goes,” Angry Bear, angry bear blog.