Still, claims have remained historically low, showing the overall health of the labor market. Claims numbers have remained below 300,000 a week for more than two and a half years.
Jobless claims data can be volatile. The four-week moving average, a steadier measure, dropped 9,500 to 248,250 last week, after hitting a more than one-year peak in mid-September.
The number of claims workers made for longer than a week also dropped, falling to 1,888,000 in the week ended Oct. 7, which is reported along with last week’s data because continuing claims are released with a one-week lag.
There should be plenty of temporary jobs dealing with the damage. If they won’t apply, assign them. If they won’t work, cut off the unemployment or welfare.
Guy i know that’s been out of work for the past 8 years finally got himself a job last June.
Why do citizens of PR and USVI get paid unemployment benefits when they do not pay US Federal taxes? Does the same thing happen with Guam and American Samoa?