[mykroar]

Jobless claims for the preceding week were revised up to 355,000 from a previously reported increase of 352,000.

Not unexpected!

[Night Hides Not]

More people dropping out of the workforce.

[Wyatt's Torch]

The 4 week moving average declines and remains well under the 400K number that is the rule of thumb for job creation:

[Starboard]

From Zero Hedge: “It was unclear immediately following the report which states were estimated if any: as a reminder last week the DOL announced that 2 states had their data estimated. Continuing claims dropped from an upward revised 3093K to 3000K, the lowest in 5 years. Of course, with millions of people now prematurely out of the labor participation rate, what if any data the initial claims report provides these days, is very much unclear.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-25/initial-claims-better-expected-down-16k-upward-revised-prior

[Iron Munro]

"EUREKA! It's another UNEXPECTED miracle!!!"

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s Fun With Numbers Thursday!

[mellow velo]

How many people would normally file in a large city such as Boston in any given week? While one can file online, I don’t believe too many people were leaving their homes last week to head down to their local unemployment offices in Beantown.