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Jobless Claims Fall By More Than Expected to 214,000
www.breitbart.com ^ | 9 Jan 2020 | John Carney

Posted on 01/09/2020 9:46:10 AM PST by Red Badger

Fewer Americans filed first time applications for unemployment benefits last week, as the labor market appears to be holding up at a stronger level than expected.

New applications for state unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 214,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. This was the fourth consecutive weekly decline, largely reversing the climb in claims in early December. The higher numbers in the first weeks of December led some to believe the labor market was cooling.

Economists had expected claims to come in at 219,000.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: employment; joblessclaims; stockmarket; trumpjobs
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To: abb

LOL...who would have expected “unexpectedly” to be in Urban Dictionary? The unexpected thing is that “unexpectedly” is fairly treated.


21 posted on 01/09/2020 10:47:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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22 posted on 01/09/2020 10:51:25 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Red Badger

Dems version is that Unemployment Claims are at a dangerously low level.


23 posted on 01/09/2020 11:42:35 AM PST by Stevenc131
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24 posted on 01/09/2020 12:47:49 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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