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U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1969
Reuters via Yahoo ^
| April 26, 2018
Posted on 04/26/2018 6:29:32 AM PDT by John W
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped to their lowest level in more than 48 years last week, suggesting that March's slowdown in job growth was probably temporary.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 209,000 for the week ended April 21, the lowest level since December 1969.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: incometaxes; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; trumpeconomy; unemployment; unenjoyment
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:29:32 AM PDT
by
John W
To: John W
I wonder how many of these former unemployed people got jobs that otherwise would have gone to the illegals.
I know ICE has been rounding them up.
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:32:03 AM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: Paulie
Front page news at CNN.com.... Not.
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:34:53 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
To: John W
Hey Voters. Why don’t you WakeTFU
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:38:32 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
To: John W
Oh no!
Inflation!
We’re all gonna die!
(Followed by sound of DJIA crashing)
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:45:40 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
To: A_Former_Democrat
Hey Voters. Why don’t you WakeTFU They are too busy with important things like Facebook.
To: Arm_Bears
Dems go to your crying closets !
To: John W
HORRIBLE NEWS! JUST ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!
For Democrats.........................
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:52:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: John W
Still have a not so hot participation rate.
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:53:48 AM PDT
by
pas
To: A_Former_Democrat
Hey Voters. Why don’t you WakeTFU
The same reasons they don't WakeTFU at the left-turn signal out here on my way home.
To: John W
MSNBC to credit Obama in 3...2...1...
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posted on
04/26/2018 6:54:14 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: John W
To: pas
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:05:32 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
To: pas
The participation rate will logically lag behind unemployment given the horrific numbers we have seen for a decade. As more jobs become available with higher wages it will begin moving in a positive direction.
The economic performance of this administration has been nothing short of AMAZING.
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:05:55 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: John W
Did I do that?
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:08:45 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: John W
"U.S. Business Spending On Equipment Slowing" is the headline I see when I click on the link.
Did a Reuters/Yahoo editor get called on the carpet?
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:14:01 AM PDT
by
daler
To: John W
What makes this even more important was the full scale draft for the Nam war that was going on in the late 1960’s.
Thousands of able bodied guys volunteered each month for the Navy or Air Force and National Guard to avoid the draft and going to Nam. They did that to avoid the draft before their numbers came up.
That took people out of the job market big time and decreased the % of so called unemployed to very low levels.
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:19:21 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Democrats are having trouble with their MAMA campaign, (Make America Mexico Again), versus MAGA!)
To: John W
Has the % of people who rolled onto the disability rolls during the Bammy years decreased?
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:19:51 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: lonevoice
To: pas
Still have a not so hot participation rate.
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Continued improvement in the economy and continued/acceleration of deporting of illegals wii result in more “discouraged” workers coming back into the labor force.
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posted on
04/26/2018 7:32:30 AM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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