Initial Jobless Claims Show No Signs Of Labor Market Distress
After the Thanksgiving Week debacle, the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time remains back in the same – very low – range it has been in for the last four years at 224k…
Source: Bloomberg
After the shutdown, we have seen an uptick in initial jobless claims in the 'Deep TriState'…
Source: Bloomberg
Continuing jobless claims bounced back a little from the big Thanksgiving week plunge but remain well off recent highs…
Source: Bloomberg
So despite the uptick in the BLS-derived unemployment rate, jobless claims data show no signs of acute distress anywhere.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 12/18/2025 – 08:51