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Unemployment Claims: Continued Claims at 5.5 Million

Calculated Risk... | Thu, 03/19/2009 - 9:15am | bad but better, department of labor reports, DOL, unemployment claims |  Add a comment

The DOL reports on weekly unemployment insurance claims : In the week ending March 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 646,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 658,000. The 4-week moving average was 654,750, an increase of 3,750 from ... Read more

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Unemployment Claims Highest Since 1982

Calculated Risk... | Thu, 02/05/2009 - 1:04pm | DOL, economy, jobless claims, recession, unemployment claims, unemployment insurance claims, unemployment rate |  1 comment

The DOL reports on weekly unemployment insurance claims : In the week ending Jan. 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 626,000, an increase of 35,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 591,000. The 4-week moving average was 582,250, an increase of 39,000 from ... Read more