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Florida & Texas Lead Jobless Claims Rebound From Near Record Lows
Florida & Texas Lead Jobless Claims Rebound From Near Record Lows
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose last week to 211k (more than the 205k expected), but remain well within the range of the last five years, near record lows...
Source: Bloomberg
Florida and Texas saw the biggest rise in initial claims while California and Michigan saw the largest declines...
Continuing jobless claims also rose modestly last week, up to 1.782mm Americans (but still well below the 1.9mm Maginot Line)...
Source: Bloomberg
Combined with last week's positive payrolls...
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The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned BitBank, naming the Iranian exchange it says carried the Bitcoin that shipping companies paid for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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