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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Jobless claims: neutral – with an extra grain of salt  – by New Deal democrat As I cautioned last weekend in my “Weekly Indicators” update, we have entered that period of the year where Holiday seasonality means take everything with at least a little grain of salt. For example, this year Thanksgiving was almost one […] The post Jobless claims: neutral appeared first on Angry Bear.

 – by New Deal democrat You may recall that last week I wrote that beginning this week and for the next 6+ months, initial claims would be up against some very tough comparisons from 2023 and would be the ultimate true test of whether there has been unresolved post-pandemic seasonality in the numbers. Well, this week’s numbers suggest the unresolved seasonality hypothesis is still with us, but with considerable ambiguity. Initial claims did...

 – by New Deal democrat You may recall that last week I wrote that beginning this week and for the next 6+ months, initial claims would be up against some very tough comparisons from 2023 and would be the ultimate true test of whether there has been unresolved post-pandemic seasonality in the numbers. Well, this week’s numbers suggest the unresolved seasonality hypothesis is still with us, but with considerable ambiguity. Initial claims did...