Rising jobless claims are starting to worry some economists

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The rising number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is starting to worry some economists, though the latest increases came during holiday periods typically associated with data volatility.

Initial jobless claims rose 10,000 last week to 234,000, the third straight gain and the highest level since May, a Labor Department report showed Thursday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey was for a decrease to 220,000. The last two weeks included the Thanksgiving holiday and observance of Veterans Day, and filings tend to show wider swings around such events.



“The weekly series tends to be noisy and the numbers can be especially choppy around the holidays towards the end of the year, but the trend in the data clearly has deteriorated over the past couple of months,” economist Daniel Silver of JPMorgan Chase & Co. wrote in a note Thursday.

While the recent rise may be consistent with forecasts for some moderation in economic and job growth over time, “jobless claims are also an important input into our recession risk monitors, and continued weakening in the data could become a more worrisome signal for the economy,” Silver said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/rising-jobless-claims-are-starting-to-worry-some-economists/ar-BBQfSBm?li=BBnbfcN

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1. It's normal. Check history. It happens every time repugs get in office.