Posted on 03/20/2020 8:15:05 AM PDT by aimhigh
The US Department of Labor sent guidance to state labor agencies on Wednesday, asking them to hold off on releasing unemployment claims data earlier than the regularly scheduled national report on initial claims, according to a state labor agency.
The department asked state officials in an email Wednesday to only "provide information using generalities to describe claims levels (very high, large increase)" and keep the exact figures under embargo until next Thursday, according to The New York Times, which obtained the email.
Last week, 281,000 Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits — a sudden 33% spike from the week before that is "clearly attributable to impacts from the COVID-19 virus," according to a Labor Department report Thursday.
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keep the exact figures under embargo until next Thursday
Why? What’s happening next Thursday?
Why the propaganda? Let’s hear how many have now been fired due to the government illegal shutdown of businesses.
It’s CNN. We can’t know for sure what’s happening with the Sept. of Labor through this outlet.
These increases are the tip of the iceberg. In a speech Wednesday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state had received 80,000 unemployment applications just on Tuesday alone.
“We average about 2,000 unemployment insurance claims a day,” Newsom said. “Two days ago or three days, we saw about 40,000 applications. After that 70,000 applications. Yesterday, 80,000 unemployment applications.”
In the latest official count for the week ended March 14, California topped all states for claims.
The state’s 58,208 claims led the nation followed by the District of Columbia at 16,120; Washington state, hard hit by coronavirus, at 14,846 and North Carolina at 14,413.
California’s one-week jump of 14,823 was also a national high. Next was Washington state at 8,230, then New Hampshire at 4,192 and Michigan at 2,696.
Exactly. What’s so magic about next Thursday?
Hmmmmm...
New jobless claims are reported each Thursday in the USA.
Once a month a report called the Employment Situation report is also created. It’s this one that people call the jobs report, where the changes in non-farm payrolls and the “unemployment rate” is reported.
the data come out EVERY Thursday.
They can just use the term used during 0blama’s reign....
Unexpectedly™ high
Unexpected™ Increase
Etc
Because Thursday is the day. Reported on Varney this morning, agenda driven reporters are contacting lower lever techs trying to get a jump on the numbers.
Maybe, the administration would like to know the numbers so they can put together a cogent response to blunt the howlers monkeys in the MSM and the democrat response.
Seems odd that trump would want to wait. It’s the rip off the bandaid scenario he should want. Everyone knows the numbers are going to be ugly. Just get it over with.
Colorado claimed they now have over 10,000 per day and the online application computer system crashes.
I mostly agree. They should release the number with a caveat that they might be off by as much as, say 20%, because they are still coming in.
Fear the Greater Trump Depression is coming...Bigger than the Great Depression..
Not surprised. Remember ACA crashed when too many used it. We’ve gone from nobody using the unemployment website to hordes of them.
I don’t know what to call it, but it sucks and is extremely unnecessary. I still can’t believe the followers in this country. It’s going to be so easy to take over us.
Well neither do I know what to call it but seems something is afoot, heard yesterday the Trump administration is considering Martial Law next week as we currently have Partial Martial Law now, maybe he is going whole hog?
As if it’s not miserable enough. I’m bored and it’s been like 3 days.
The online application systems also crashed in Oregon, New York, and Washington DC.
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