Jobless claims unexpectedly spikes: Another 861,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims

Yahoo Finance ^ | 02/18/2021 | Emily McCormick

[MichaelRDanger]

Unexpectedly spikes? Funny how I was expecting it...

[BenLurkin]

Are any of these claims being filed by illegals?

[xp38]

Here we go. The return of unexpected to the political lexicon.

[Jeff Chandler]

Unemployment Rates for States
Unemployment Rates for States, Seasonally Adjusted
State December 2020(P)
rate Rank
Nebraska

3.0 1
South Dakota

3.0 1
Iowa

3.1 3
Vermont

3.1 3
Utah

3.6 5
Kansas

3.8 6
Alabama

3.9 7
New Hampshire

4.0 8
North Dakota

4.1 9
Arkansas

4.2 10
Indiana

4.3 11
Idaho

4.4 12
Minnesota

4.4 12
Montana

4.4 12
South Carolina

4.6 15
Wyoming

4.8 16
Maine

4.9 17
Virginia

4.9 17
Delaware

5.3 19
Oklahoma

5.3 19
Ohio

5.5 21
Wisconsin

5.5 21
Georgia

5.6 23
Alaska

5.8 24
Missouri

5.8 24
Kentucky

6.0 26
Florida

6.1 27
Mississippi

6.2 28
North Carolina

6.2 28
Maryland

6.3 30
West Virginia

6.3 30
Oregon

6.4 32
Tennessee

6.4 32
Pennsylvania

6.7 34
Washington

7.1 35
Louisiana

7.2 36
Texas

7.2 36
Massachusetts

7.4 38
Arizona

7.5 39
Michigan

7.5 39
Illinois

7.6 41
New Jersey

7.6 41
District Of Columbia

7.9 43
Connecticut

8.0 44
Rhode Island

8.1 45
New Mexico

8.2 46
New York

8.2 46
Colorado

8.4 48
California

9.0 49
Nevada

9.2 50
Hawaii

9.3 51
Footnotes

[escapefromboston]

Jeez better import more people from south of the border

[usconservative]

Exactly! There's nothing unexpected about the sudden spike in joblessness what, with the push for a $15 minimum wage and Dementia Xiden's anti-business policies.

Of course companies are laying off in anticipation of higher costs of doing business. The bank I work for let 2.5% of our global workforce go shortly after Xiden began his illegal occupation of the White House.

[Aria]

Welcome to Biden’s dark winter.

[Othniel77]

Why would any business owner hire anyone during this uncertain time? The Biden regime could at any moment decide their business was not allowed or impose heavy new regulations.

[BykrBayb]

Kind of like how gas prices have “unexpectedly” spiked?

[Osage Orange]

Unexpectedly????

[Flick Lives]

“Unexpectedly”. Didn’t take long for that word to make a comeback with the presstitutes.

[cableguymn]

Who are the idiots that didn’t expect this?

[Still Thinking]

Poor Bidet, inheriting that awful Trump economy, wait......

[cdcdawg]

This is a perfect time say “we have to bring these people in.”

[stylin19a]

Keep signing those EOs Joe...

[newzjunkey]

When you seen “unexpected” describing jobless numbers the press is tipping you that a Dem is in the WH

[Magnum44]

Yep. "unexpectedly"

[Still Thinking]

Unexpectedly????

Well, they probably DIDN'T expect it, because they're 68IQ urinalism majors who think, er, FEEEEEEL commie/Democrat governance is actually beneficial (to someone besides the pols, cronies and elites).

[patriot torch]

“Weekly unemployment claims unexpectedly surged last week, “

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Thats like constructing a cement barrier in turn four at the Daytona speeway and announcing a big crash in turn four on the first lap of the Daytona 500.