Unemployment Claims Decline Below 1,300K in the US
US unemployment claims finally fell below 1,300K last week
Skerdian Meta•Friday, August 7, 2020•1 min read
The unemployment claims turned into a major headache in the US during the shut-down. They surged by more than 3 million during the last week of March and increasd further to 6.5 million during the first two weeks of April. But, they have been declining constantly since then. They declined to 1.3-1.4 million since early June, but have been hanging on around there for two months, which is not a good sign. Today’s report came out a little better though:
Weekly jobless claims data
- Weekly initial jobless claims 1186K vs 1400K expected
- Lowest since the pandemic started
- Prior was 1434K (revised to 1435K)
- Continuous claims 16107K vs 16900K
- PUA claims 655K vs 909K prior (lowest since the week the program was introduced)
So, a decline in jobless claims today, beating expectations. Nonethelss, it’s still daunting how they’ve remained so high. But, I assume certain groups are filing for unemployment to benefit from the Covid bill which will likely be passed soon and probably working unregistered.
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Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.
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