Jobless Claims 'Unexpectedly' Rise (Again)

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

After revising last week's jobless claims number upward from 409,000 to 424,000-- the state controlled press, and the Obama regime are still pretending to be miffed by the stubborn jobless numbers and anemic 1.8% growth in GDP (which no doubt will be revised down in coming weeks).

But my favorite part of these stories is the rampant use of 'unexpectedly' by the press. It's fantastic. Follow it, and count its uses in every story about the anemic Obama jobless recovery...

What would be truly 'unexpected' is a sudden turn around...

www.cnbc.com/id/43179580

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed to 424,000 last week from a revised 414,000 in the prior week, pointing to a painfully slow improvement in the nation's job markets.

The Labor Department on Thursday revised the prior week's claims number up from an originally reported 409,000.

Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast that claims last week would decline to 400,000, rather than rise.

The four-week moving average of unemployment claims, considered a better measure of trends since it smoothes out weekly variations, eased slightly to 438,500 from a revised 440,250.

Last week marked the seventh straight week in which claims topped the 400,000 level, indicating that payroll growth is soft and may continue to be so for some time. A department official said there were no exceptional factors to account for the rise in last week's claims.

[floridayankee]

Thankfully, FL's unemployment numbers are falling.

April 2011 - 10.8%
March 2011 - 11.1%
February 2011 - 11.5%
January 2011 - 11.9%
December 2010 - 12.0%

www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/florida/

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

We're at 18.4% unemployment in my metropolitan area in California

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 26, 2011 15:09:57 GMT -5 floridayankee said:

Thankfully, FL's unemployment numbers are falling.

April 2011 - 10.8%
March 2011 - 11.1%
February 2011 - 11.5%
January 2011 - 11.9%
December 2010 - 12.0%

www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/florida/

You can file that under "expected" since Florida is one of the states open for business thanks to a conservative Republican leadership.

[deziloooooo]

May 26, 2011 15:09:57 GMT -5 floridayankee said:

Thankfully, FL's unemployment numbers are falling.

April 2011 - 10.8%
March 2011 - 11.1%
February 2011 - 11.5%
January 2011 - 11.9%
December 2010 - 12.0%

www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/florida/

We still have $4 Billion in Stimulus finds avaiilable, many of them was because it takes time to do the studies, permits, hearings to go through, lots of road construction, badly needed, ex 95 south, south Florida, heavy, heavy traffic ..and other such. Also education too, though layoffs of 1400, there was a big article in paper last week.

Hopefully it will help out on the unemployment and the Goverbnor will not give back, he doesn't like Stimulus, he actually doesn't like much of anything if the truth was known.[sigh]

[deziloooooo]

May 26, 2011 15:27:15 GMT -5 ❤ mollymouser ❤ said:

We're at 18.4% unemployment in my metropolitan area in California

Bumer...but it might help out on the illegals, leave our shores.right Krickett.[figure your the zones resident expert on the subject.]

[Deleted]

It is CLEAR from the posts slamming Florida on this board, and the links provided, why Florida is making a comeback. Good for Florida!!!

Molly, friend.... sorry. Nothing else to say to my several board friends in CA.

[Deleted]

I'm zone expert on NOTHING, but I do live in AZ, and I do try to keep up with the problems that directly affect me since I live in AZ. Fact is the more some states like AZ and FL fight, the broader the problem will become across the USA, so everyone in between should keep up.