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Author: LurkerMom   😊 😞
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Subject: Jobless Benefits Fall Below 200,000
Date: 01/01/26 4:02 PM
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“US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low”

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“Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low despite a weakening labor market. U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 27 fell by 16,000 to 199,000 from the previous week’s 215,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 208,000 new applications. The weekly report was released a day early due to the New Year’s Day holiday. Applications for unemployment aid are viewed as a proxy for layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the job market.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/washington-labo...
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Author: AlphaWolf ✸🐝🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Jobless Benefits Fall Below 200,000
Date: 01/01/26 5:46 PM
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Per Reuters:

Americans filed the fewest new jobless claims in a month last week, and while the number of unemployed workers collecting relief payments has eased from recent highs, there is little indication of a break from the weak hiring environment that settled in over the course of President Donald Trump's first year back at the White House.

Though the economy remains resilient, with gross domestic product increasing at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, the labor market has almost stalled. Labor demand and supply have been impacted by Trump's dramatic policy shifts since he began his second presidency in January, most notably his steep import tariffs and his aggressive immigration crackdown that has limited worker supply, economists say.

"The drop in initial unemployment claims to 199,000 in the week of Christmas was likely another seasonal-adjustment distortion," John Ryding, chief economic adviser at Brean Capital, said.


Plus, everyone knows that the pathological liar Trump numbers are fake.


https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-weekly-jobless...
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