Tag Archives: Jobless Claims

Market participants, investors, traders and economists have been warning against reading too much any market moves this week given year-end volatility and illiquidity. Investors kicked off the penultimate trading day of a volatile year on Thursday with a duet of anodyne, slightly better-than-expected indicators.Economic DataThe number of US workers filing …

US stocks rose for the third straight session on Thursday, the S&P gained 0.7% marching towards intraday record high of 4,743 hit on November 22nd, the Dow Jones added more than 200 points and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.8% as fears that the omicron variant would derail economic growth receded …

There were 205,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending December 18, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading matched the market consensus.

There were 206,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending December 11, data published by the US Department of Labor (DoL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 188K (revised up from 184K), which was the lowest reading since 1969, and came …

Weekly jobless claims tumbled last week, reaching a fresh 52-year low as the US jobs market climbs out of its pandemic-era hole, the Labor Department reported Thursday.Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 184,000 for the week ended Dec. 4, the lowest going back to Sept. 6, 1969, which saw 182,000.Initial …

There were 222,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending November 27, data published by the US Department of Labor (DoL) revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed last week’s print of 194,000, revised from 199,000, lower than the market’s expectation for 240,000.

There were 199,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending November 20, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed the previous print of 270,000 (revised from 268,000) and came in better than the market expectation of …

It is becoming more and more obvious that the current historic inflation levels have ignited growing calls to speed taper. The US Federal Reserve is setting the scene for a new debate between hawkish and dovish approaches regarding the stimulus withdrawal, tapering and interest rate hike. Major peers, such as …

The Dollar Index’s pullback continued on Thursday, with the index falling back to the 95.50s ahead of the start of the Asia Pacific trading session. Further positive US data, such as the drop of weekly initial jobless claims to a new post-pandemic low at 269K and larger than expected jump …

New weekly jobless claims are slightly higher than expected but still representing a new pandemic-era low, with the weekly rate of those rendered newly out of work coming closer to pre-coronavirus levels. The Labor Department released its jobless claims report Thursday. The main figures from the report refer to initial …