Note too that this increase occurred in a week shortened by a holiday. Usually the count goes down when that's the case and everyone gets all tingly over a "decrease" in claims. So what does it mean when claims go up in a holiday week? Pretty grim news, I reckon.
So we’re still in a recession — no amount of government spending can change that fact!
Went back and reread it to see if this fact received any mention and, of course, it did not.