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marmar

(77,131 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 08:32 AM Jun 2012

U.S. jobless claims increase 6,000 to 386,000

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits rose by 6,000 last week to 386,000, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. Claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 380,000 from 377,000. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had projected claims would fall to a seasonally adjusted 376,000 in the week ended June 9. The average of new claims over the past four weeks, meanwhile, increased by 3,500 to 382,000, the highest level in six weeks. Continuing claims decreased by 33,000 to a seasonally adjusted 3.28 million in the week ended June 2, the Labor Department said. Continuing claims are reported with a one-week lag. About 5.82 million people received some kind of state or federal benefit in the week ended May 26, down 145,990 from the prior week. Total claims are reported with a two-week lag.

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U.S. jobless claims increase 6,000 to 386,000 (Original Post) marmar Jun 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Jun 2012 #1

What sector? JustAnotherGen Jun 2012 #2

Exactly HockeyMom Jun 2012 #5

It's hard to see how Obama survives if in the months before the election... WI_DEM Jun 2012 #3

Maybe if those asshole repukes in the senate SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #4

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

1. du rec. nt

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 08:47 AM

Jun 2012

JustAnotherGen

(32,062 posts)

2. What sector?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:11 AM

Jun 2012

Two friends of mine from University have been laid off from their teaching jobs in Ohio. No money for a Special Education teacher or first grade teacher in their budget.

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

5. Exactly

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 10:02 AM

Jun 2012

The school district here let go 25 teachers and aides. They eliminated tenure in 2008, haven't had any raises since, and just announced all raises are postponed indefinitely.

My guess is that the increase in unemployment is from the public sector. Of course, the media will never say that.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

3. It's hard to see how Obama survives if in the months before the election...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:22 AM

Jun 2012

unemployment keeps going up. If it were going down--even modestly--it would be another story. In the end it's the economy which decides elections. Hopefully this recent trend on the economy will change.

SGMRTDARMY

(599 posts)

4. Maybe if those asshole repukes in the senate

Reply to WI_DEM (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:35 AM

Jun 2012

would get off of their fat asses and pass the jobs bill, people could go back to work and the unemp. rate would stop rising.
But that won't fit their agenda of defeating Pres. Obama in Nov.

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