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

More Americans filed for initial jobless benefits last week, according to the Department of Labor. The week through Dec. 7 brought 242,000 initial jobless claims, compared with an upwardly revised 224 ...

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.

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) ...

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 ...

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in two months last week but remain low relative to ...

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.