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June 14, 2010 Graph of the Day for June 14, 2010
"Little more than a year ago, the economy was in freefall. Today, it's growing again. Little more than a year ago, the economy was losing an average of 750,000 jobs per month. It's now been adding jobs for five months in a row." President Obama, June 11, 2010.
"A mixed-bag week on the employment front: Initial jobless claims were higher than expected, although they dipped 3,000 to 456,000 for the week ending June 5... A Bloomberg survey had expected initial jobless claims to fall to 448,000. Meanwhile, the more telling four-week moving average -- which smooths out anomalies for holidays, strikes etc. -- increased 2,500 to 463,000. Jobless claims need to drop below 400,000 during the next two quarters to give economists and investors confidence..." Joseph Lazzaro, Daily Finance, June 10, 2010. ![]() Data source: St. Louis Fed/Fred, ICSA series. HT: Innocent Bystanders for the idea. Hoven's Index for June 14, 2011 Trends (linear regression) in initial jobless claims: From April 2009 through February 20, 2010: -4,331 per week. From February 27 through June 5 (most recent), 2010: +314 per week. From May 1 through June 5 (most recent six weeks), 2010: +2,229 per week. Data source: St. Louis Fed/Fred, ICSA series. Graph of the Day Archive. |
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