Deja Vu? Jobless Claims 'Fall' To 420,000
Unemployment claims by the newly laid-off fell to 420,000 last week, a decrease of 3,000 from the prior week’s figure, the Department of Labor reported today.
Wait a second…that sounds familiar.
Since the figures that come out every Thursday are preliminary, the Labor Department often issues revised figures the next week. That’s what happened here. But, that’s also what happened last week, too.
So to get everything straight:
Nov. 29-Dec. 3: jobless claims are apparently at 421,000.
Dec.
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