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US Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs
US Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to 229k last week (more than the 220k expected) and the highest in four months...
Source: Bloomberg
Pennsylvania, California, and Minnesota are the states seeing the largest rise in claims last week...
Continuing jobless claims also rose last week to 1.795mm Americans - highest in two months, but still relatively low in the context of the last two years...
Source: Bloomberg
The bottom line is that while initial jobless claims are rising, they remain low...
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