November 20, 2016
THE EASIEST TIME TO ASSUME THE PRESIDENCY EVER:
Jobless Claims in U.S. Decline to Lowest Level in Four Decades (Patricia Laya, November 17, 2016, Bloomberg)
The fewest Americans since 1973 filed for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the U.S. labor market is getting tighter.Jobless claims dropped by 19,000 to 235,000 in the week ended Nov. 12, which included the Veterans Day holiday, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey called for an increase to 257,000. Continuing claims fell below 2 million to a 16-year low.
We're gonna need a lot more immigrants.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 20, 2016 10:05 AM