Jobless Claims Fall to 5-year Low - Real Time Insight
May 02 2013 - 5:29AM
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The second act in this week's trio of jobs reports was a good
one. According to the Department of Labor, initial claims for
unemployment fell by 18,000 last week to 324,000. This was much
better than expected and marks the lowest level since January of
2008.
Meanwhile, the 4-week moving average declined by
16,000 to 342,250. That is just a little bit above the low for
2013, as you can see in this chart from Calculated Risk Blog:
This follows Wednesday's disappointing report from
ADP that showed the economy added just +119K private-sector jobs in
April.
So what's your guess for tomorrow's Employment
Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
The consensus range is between 135K and 155K jobs
added. Do you think the report will come in above, below or within
this range? Post your response below.
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