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The government's weekly jobs report brought a bit of good news Wednesday, as the number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits sunk to its lowest level in more than two years.
The number of initial claims fell to 407,000 last week, down 34,000 from 441,000 claims filed the week before, the Labor Department said Wednesday -- far better than economists had expected.
The government's weekly jobs report brought a bit of good news Wednesday, as the number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits sunk to its lowest level in more than two years.
Originally posted by Maxmars
Does that mean that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created or does it mean that hundreds of thousands of long-term unemployed are no longer eligible to be included in the roles? I want it to be good news.. .but you know how these numbers get played with... and why... I'm sure.
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Originally posted by peter_kandra
The number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits sunk 407,000 last week, the lowest level since July 2008.
Originally posted by rogerstigers
If I am reading this data correctly...Bureau of Labor Statistics it woud seem the combined preliminary numbers (seasonally adjusted) for Sept. and Oct. is 110K net gain in job count.
Originally posted by peter_kandra
That's great news, but I'm sure a lot of those jobs are seasonal jobs as companies ramp up for the holiday season.