Jobless claims dropped by 25,000 in two weeks; so did those folks find jobs or lose their unemployment benefits – PB/TK
U.S. weekly jobless claims post largest drop in almost two years – reuters.com April 6 2017
New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits recorded their biggest drop in nearly two years last week, pointing to a further tightening in the labor market.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 25,000 to a seasonally adjusted 234,000 for the week ended April 1, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The drop was the largest since the week ending April 25, 2015.
The prior week’s data was revised to show 1,000 more applications received than previously reported.
Claims have now been below 300,000, a threshold associated with a healthy labor market for 109 straight weeks. That is the longest stretch since 1970 when the labor market was smaller.
The labor market is currently near full employment
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