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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 01, 2022, 01:46:16 pm

Title: Jobless claims unexpectedly fall to 232,000, lowest since June
Post by: mystery-ak on September 01, 2022, 01:46:16 pm

September 1, 2022 8:38am EDT
Jobless claims unexpectedly fall to 232,000, lowest since June
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week

By Megan Henney FOXBusiness

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped to a two-month low last week, a sign that employers are continuing to hold on to workers in a historically tight labor market.

Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended August 27 fell to 232,000 from the downwardly revised 237,000 recorded a week earlier. That is still above the 2019 pre-pandemic average of 218,000 claims.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/jobless-claims-unexpectedly-fall-232000-lowest-since-june

Title: Re: Jobless claims unexpectedly fall to 232,000, lowest since June
Post by: Kamaji on September 01, 2022, 09:15:34 pm

Wait for the crowing from the DNC to start. 

Title: Re: Jobless claims unexpectedly fall to 232,000, lowest since June
Post by: GtHawk on September 01, 2022, 10:17:46 pm

Sure they did.

Title: Re: Jobless claims unexpectedly fall to 232,000, lowest since June
Post by: Smokin Joe on September 02, 2022, 05:32:32 am

So another wad of people became ineligible for benefits...

Big whoop.