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As Holiday seasonality disappears, initial jobless claims turn higher YoY – by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims rose 13,000 last week to 196,000. The four-week moving average declined -7,500 to 189,250. Continuing claims increased 38,000 to 1,688,000. Below I show all three since initial claims first fell below 300,000 in late October 2021: Because seasonality played such a role in January’s jobs report, here are initial claims...
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