Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Jump to an Eleven-Week High
By Robert Hughes Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance totaled 853,000 for the week ending December 5, up 137,000 from the previous week’s revised…
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Existing-Home Sales Fall Again in June
By Robert Hughes Sales of existing homes fell 1.7 percent in June to a 5.27-million seasonally adjusted annual rate. Sales are down 2.2 percent from…
February Jobs Report Raises Questions
By Robert Hughes U.S. nonfarm payrolls added just 20,000 jobs in February, well below the consensus expectation of 180,000 and the smallest monthly gain since…