Anyone have any opinions?
This is purely a quick-poll. Do you trust the Statscan figures?
Agree if yes. Disagree if no.
Economy: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment fell to 444,000 last week from a revised 451,000 the previous week. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com thought claims would fall to 440,000. Continuing claims, a measure of Americans who have been receiving benefits for a week or more, dropped to 4,594,000 from a revised 4,653,000 in the previous week. Economists expected 4,600,000 continuing claims. The report was released one day ahead of the government's closely watched April jobs report, due Friday morning. That report is expected to show employers added 187,000 jobs to their payrolls after adding 162,000 in March, according to economists surveyed by Briefing.com. The growth is considered a step in the right direction, but the number of new jobs is not yet enough to keep up with the number of new entrants in the labor market. The unemployment rate, generated by a separate survey, is expected to hold steady at 9.7%.
The unemployment rate, generated by a separate survey, is expected to hold steady at 9.7%
But unemployment rate rises to 9.9%
