May 8, 2008
ON THE DOWNSIDE...:
Jobless claims post sharp decline (Martin Crutsinger, 5/08/08, AP)
The number of newly laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits dropped much more than expected last week.The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits fell to 365,000, a decline of 18,000 from the previous week. Economists had been looking for a much smaller decrease of around 5,000.
...it's impossible to buy an apple or a pencil on a city street corner... Posted by Orrin Judd at May 8, 2008 2:00 PM
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it's impossible to buy an apple or a pencil on a city street corner...
Only because people don't use pencils any more. Soon we may be getting $100 laptops at the back of pick-up trucks on street corners.
Posted by: ic at May 8, 2008 3:18 PMUnemployment is negative, remember?
We are all looking the other way while border-jumpers sneak in to do all those jobs Americans won't do.
Posted by: Lou Gots at May 8, 2008 7:49 PM