Thursday, September 10, 2009

Unemployment Claims Drop

From the DOL:

In the week ending Sept. 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 550,000, a decrease of 26,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 576,000. The 4-week moving average was 570,000, a decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 572,750.


In other words, we have more improvement in the labor market.

Here is the chart, with the 4-week moving average.