[icwhatudo]

Claims 3 weeks ago: 365k
Claims 2 weeks ago: 367k
Claims last week: 370k

But due to “revisions”, the news headlines say that the numbers have been steady or declining.

[Drumbo]

These numbers don’t include the 250,000+ whose extended federal benifits were suspendend this month due to the April “improved” (skewed) numbers (before the revisions). Those 250,000+ unemployed workers are SOL and cannot make a continued claim, their 79 weeks of compensation are up, so they are no longer counted as either claimants or as unemployed, but they do count as part of the decline in claims. The truth is out there, but you won’t find it in the news media or from the government bean counters.

[bluecat6]

Longer view:

March 15: Reported - 351,000, Revised - 353,000
March 22: Reported - 348,000, Revised - 364,000 Reported - down, Actual - up
March 29: Reported - 359,000, Revised - 363,000 Reported - down, Actual - down
April 05: Reported - 357,000, Revised - 367,000 Reported - down, Actual - up
April 12: Reported - 380,000, Revised - 388,000 Reported - up, Actual - up
April 19: Reported - 386,000, Revised - 389,000 Reported - down, Actual - up
April 26: Reported - 388,000, Revised - 392,000 Reported - down, Actual - up
May 03: Reported - 365,000, Revised - 368,000 Reported - down, Actual - down
May 10: Reported - 367,000, Revised - 370,000 Reported - down, Actual - up
May 17: Reported - 370,000, Revised - TBD Reported - no change, Actual - TBD

The pattern of manipulation is all but obvious.