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Still not bad; it would be better if the jobs were better jobs (emphasis added):
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Initial filings have been below 300,000 for 55 weeks, the longest stretch since 1973 and a level economists say is consistent with a healthy labor market.
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, was little changed at 259,750 compared with 259,500 in the prior week. . . .
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits declined by 39,000 to 2.18 million in the week ended March 12. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.6 percent. These data are reported with a one-week lag.
English is a language of word order. The order of words matters.
Bloomberg’s headline emphasizes that the rise was less than forecast. Why does it not say that their forecasts were higher than the reality?
