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Initial Jobless Claims Still Way Too High And Stagnant At 456,000
The Business Insider ^ | 6-10-2010 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 06/10/2010 5:48:47 AM PDT by blam

Initial Jobless Claims Still Way Too High And Stagnant At 456,000

Joe Weisenthal
Jun. 10, 2010, 8:30 AM

Another disappointing weekly report.

Initial jobless claims came in at 456,000, which was worse than what economists were looking for (at 448K), and more importantly initial claims are still stagnant, moored right around this 450K number.

For awhile the markets were ignoring this stagnation, but with last week's bad jobs report, suddenly it's back in focus.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jobe; recession; recovery; unemployment

1 posted on 06/10/2010 5:48:47 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Unexpected.


2 posted on 06/10/2010 5:50:28 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO - and all your terrorist buddies, too!)
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To: blam

0bama’s war on capitalism and profits is working.


3 posted on 06/10/2010 5:53:22 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: blam

Well, the “markets” (more like the media & WH) may have ignored the jobs issue, but the people have had it front-and-center for nearly 2 years.


4 posted on 06/10/2010 5:57:15 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: blam
Suddenly The Thursday Jobless Number Is A Big Deal


5 posted on 06/10/2010 5:57:56 AM PDT by blam
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To: anniegetyourgun
U.S. Futures Are Surging
6 posted on 06/10/2010 5:59:21 AM PDT by blam
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To: Drango

Now you’ve got the picture!
After the election, many of my fellow small businessmen prepared for this catastrophy. We trimmed staff and efficiency is the code word.
Many of the lay offs were from knowledge from history of what happens when you elect a socialist. (And he wants to blame President Bush! Ha! At least when Bush was in office, we were comfortable enough to hire. Not now!)


7 posted on 06/10/2010 5:59:45 AM PDT by griswold3 (Barack Obama’s First Law of Leadership: “I just work here.”)
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To: blam

The spin the AP put on it was nauseating. They said the number of people receiving benefits dropped, which may indicate that they went back to work. It more likely means their benefits ran out. The article I saw didn’t touch on that possibility.

The AP is actually stupid enough to believe they can spin us to a jobs rebound.


8 posted on 06/10/2010 6:01:12 AM PDT by gthog61
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To: blam

Obama administration need a better crystal ball.


9 posted on 06/10/2010 6:01:18 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: onemiddleamerican

The last report the MSM were expecting 500,000+ jobs created. That did not happen and it made BO look bad.
Now, the word is that we’re going to loose 200,000 jobs this month, during the ‘Recovery’!!??!!


10 posted on 06/10/2010 6:02:26 AM PDT by griswold3 (Barack Obama’s First Law of Leadership: “I just work here.”)
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To: blam

That’s weird... here’s AP’s spin.

NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures edged up on Thursday after weekly jobless claims slipped slightly in the first week of June and continuing claims fell to the lowest level in 18 months, adding to relief that a global recovery may still be possible.

The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 3,000 to 456,000 the week ended June 5, in line with the expectations of economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires. However, the previous week’s level was revised upward, to 459,000 from 453,000.


11 posted on 06/10/2010 6:02:57 AM PDT by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: blam

I expect we’ll hear unexpected all day............


12 posted on 06/10/2010 6:02:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
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To: griswold3

You should yell this from the rooftops, again and again!


13 posted on 06/10/2010 6:03:38 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I suffer from B.S. - Barack Syndrome!)
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To: nhwingut
BTW: Note the magic of the labor dept...

The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 3,000 to 456,000 the week ended June 5, in line with the expectations of economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires. However, the previous week’s level was revised upward, to 459,000 from 453,000.

Last week was 453,000. This week 456,000. Increase of 3,000. So they 'revise' last week's up to 459,000 to show a decrease of 3,000. LMAO..
14 posted on 06/10/2010 6:05:59 AM PDT by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: blam

How many of those people who stopped drawing unemployment, started drawing wages as a temporary Census worker??


15 posted on 06/10/2010 6:10:34 AM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout hearts...)
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To: blam
which was worse than what economists were looking for

Who are these people?

Oboma is still spending - "big time." He's been so busy partying and playing sports, he doesn't have time to worry about over his head presidential stuff like the U.S. economy.

16 posted on 06/10/2010 6:15:57 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: nhwingut
Last week was 453,000. This week 456,000. Increase of 3,000. So they 'revise' last week's up to 459,000 to show a decrease of 3,000. LMAO..

It's pretty cool how they do that, isnt it?

Magic with numbers!

17 posted on 06/10/2010 6:52:02 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO - and all your terrorist buddies, too!)
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