This morning the Department of Labour announced another 6.6M Americans have filed for jobless claims in the week ending April 4th, 2020. This being the third straight week of a large jump in claims since COVID-19 measures started taking place.
The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 6,606,000, a decrease of 261,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 219,000 from 6,648,000 to 6,867,000. The 4-week moving average was 4,265,500, an increase of 1,598,750 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 54,750 from 2,612,000 to 2,666,750.
I am noticing a trend here. The same morning the Federal Reserve bank announced another $2.3 trillion of funding to suppor the economy.
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