Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
No change of significance. Bloomberg thinks things will be a little better next week as the summer shutdown of auto plants draws to a close.
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Today’s report showed the number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 19,000 in the week ended July 21 to 3.27 million, a two-month low.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Those who’ve used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments decreased by about 46,500 to 2.55 million in the week ended July 14.