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Topic: Jobless Claims Slide, Import Prices Rise, Trade Gap Up |
Jobless Claims Slide, Import Prices Rise, Trade Gap Up
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:Bubbasuncle, 10/11/2012 8:50:22 AM
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| Weekly jobless claims fell to their lowest level in four years, while the U.S. trade deficit widened and import prices rose more than expected, according to economic numbers released Thursday. The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted to 339,000 last week, the lowest level in more than four years. The sharp drop offered a hopeful sign that the job market could pick up. The Labor Department said weekly applications fell by 30,000 to the lowest level since February 2008. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped by 11,500 to 364,000, a six-month low.
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Comments: *—Reuters contributed to this report.
Right on cue from the Regimes Ministry of Propaganda.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Screwgun, 10/11/2012 8:54:40 AM (No. 8925177)
Any day I'm expecting Obama to put out revised Q3 GDP numbers showing 12% growth.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mindyourbubble, 10/11/2012 8:56:48 AM (No. 8925186)
Corrolary to poster's comment: Job claims fall because there are no jobs which from anyone can fall.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
breakn70, 10/11/2012 8:58:55 AM (No. 8925195)
Oh, come on!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
pomom, 10/11/2012 9:50:41 AM (No. 8925322)
We'll find out later which state didn't report. One LARGE state did not report their jobless claims. Anyone know which one?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
inigori, 10/11/2012 10:08:51 AM (No. 8925379)
What is California??
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
PChristopher, 10/11/2012 10:14:16 AM (No. 8925408)
How convenient. I suppose next he'll cure the lepers.
To all you younger people out there: Don't believe a thing the MSM says, particularly between now and the election.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
horacer, 10/11/2012 11:49:06 AM (No. 8925748)
Were they supposed to count all 57 states? I guess not. How many DOL hacks does it take to screw in a light bulb. One, soon to be revised upwards to three and seasonally adjusted.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
steph_gray, 10/11/2012 1:41:15 PM (No. 8926024)
Excellent #7! I'm stealing that and hoping to make it go viral - hope you don't mind. :-)
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