“seasonally adjusted” = politically adjusted.
Those who are unemployed do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Those who are working part-time when they working full-time do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Those who are working two jobs when they were working one do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Those who live in areas where there are no more jobs but their spouse has a job they should not leave do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Those who have graduated college but cannot seem to find a job do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Those whose hours have been drastically cut do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Those whose pay has ben drastically cut do not believe any of this communist propaganda.
Continuing jobless claims in the week ended July 26 fell to 2.518 million from 2.542 million in the preceding week. . .
The four-week moving average was 293,500, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week’s total of 297,500. The monthly average is seen as a more accurate gauge of labor trends because it reduces volatility in the week-to-week data.
These two stats are the most important, the first is over looked, assuming it is going down because people are finding work and not because they are falling off after exhausting benefits, it shows that the job market is expanding. Although they psot the weekly first time claims, it should be ignored and really just look at the 4 week average. Any number of things can affect the weekly claims.