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Italy aims to axe youth jobless rate below 30 percent: PM Sat Jun 1

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Rajoy sees hope for Spain in jobless figures Sat Jun 1

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Florida ordered to improve access to jobless benefits Thu Apr 25

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Japan jobless rate up, prices, manufacturing fall Thu Mar 28

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2012 jobless rate up in only two U.S. states - New York, New Jersey Fri Mar 1

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North Carolina enacts law slashing jobless benefits Tue Feb 19

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New Jobless Claims: Totally Expected and What to Expect Next Mon Feb 4

Political Calculations

At this point, we've only seen about half the initial impact of that change, as the new jobless claims numbers for the week ending 26 January 2013 are just reflecting the period into the second week of January. ... more
Dip for New Jobless Claims Likely Temporary Fri Jan 25

Political Calculations

We've long noted that there is a 2 to 3 week lag between events like this occurring to when it shows up in the new jobless claims data. ... more
UN predicts millions more jobless despite growth Mon Jan 21

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Employment growth quickens, jobless rate at 7.7 percent Fri Dec 7

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New Jobless Claims: Outliers, Volatility, Incompetence and Incentives Sun Nov 18

Political Calculations

The data is so volatile right now that we're not able to accurately determine what the real trend in new jobless claims might be. ... more
The Real Trend for New Jobless Claims Wed Nov 7

Political Calculations

Since our statistics based method needs at least 6 to 10 data points to establish whether a trend exists, a moving average might provide a useful picture in the limited period of time following when a break in an established trend occurs until our method can define the new trend. ... more
Romney: Jobless rate shows economy at "virtual standstill" Fri Nov 2

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Obama’s Real Unemployment Rate: 14.7% Thu Oct 18

Peter Ferrara

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last Friday that 114,000 new jobs were created last month, according to its Establishment Survey of business payrolls that has been emphasized by the Obama Administration. That is pitifully weak, especially for what is supposed to be the fourth year of a recovery (the National Bureau of Economic Research scored the recession as officially over in June, 2009). ... more