Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended Dec. 7, ...

Meanwhile, initial jobless claims rose by 17,000 last week ... “The yellow metal has been something of a momentum juggernaut this year, and it would appear that said momentum is back with the bulls ...

At first glance, the 224k figure in jobless claims may seem like a moderately positive thing for bonds, but our ongoing chart of non-seasonally adjusted data shows that it's a bit misleading.

For an even shorter timeline, the chart below shows initial unemployment claims starting in 2022. As we can see, there's a good bit of volatility in this indicator, which is why the four-week ...

This morning's Producer Price Index (PPI) came in hotter than expected in year-over-year terms (3.4 vs 3.2 at the core level) ...

The final Jobs Week of 2024 continues this morning, with Weekly Jobless Claims reporting mixed results ... which reached a more than two-year low to -$84.4 billion, and the slimmest deficit ...

However, the sharp rise in initial jobless claims to 242,000 signalled ... remains within the range. The daily chart for ...

US weekly jobless claims rose more than expected By ... The S&P 500 printed its 42nd record high this year yesterday on the back of a mixed bag of economic and corporate news.

Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, fell by 25,000 to 1.87 million for the week of Nov. 23. That's down from the three-year high levels it had been at the ...