New Jobless Claims report shows “surprise” rise in first-time filers for unemployment benefits
Initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week, despite the whole “America’s back” narrative from the White House. Accordi...
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Negotiations for COVID stimulus continues
Congressional Republicans and even some Democrats have raised concerns that President Biden’s proposal to send another round of stim...
NAHB Housing Market Index Reaches a Record High
The novel coronavirus has certainly taken its toll this year, but one area is getting some respite. This week, the National Associat...
New Ocean Freight Data Suggests a Continuing Recovery
Transpacific shipping may be staging a comeback in the third quarter. New data released from shipping analyst, Sea-Intelligence show...
New Unemployment Claims Fall Below 1 Million For the First Time Since March
In a sign that things are turning around for the job market, new unemployment claims fell to 963,000 on Thursday. New claims dropped...
New Unemployment Claims Trending Back Down
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for new weekly unemployment claims. For the past two weeks, unemployment had begun rising agai...
New Unemployment Claims Are Rising Again
After 15 weeks in a row of declines, new unemployment claims rose for the week ending on July 18th. New filings expanded by 109,000,...
New Unemployment Claims Plateau at 1.5 Million
The Labor Department’s weekly unemployment report was released this morning and it was mediocre. New claims fell from 1.54 million t...
New Unemployment Claims Slow to 1.5 Million
New unemployment claims rose again last week, but at a markedly slower pace. 1.5 million Americans sought new unemployment benefits...