Historically,
Initial Claims trended higher before a bear market in stocks started.
Historically,
Initial Claims trended higher before a bear market in stocks started (see study).
Not exact matches
The four - week moving average of
initial claims, considered a better measure of labor market
trends as it irons out week - to - week volatility, fell 1,250, to 231,250 last week, the lowest level since March 31, 1973.
A separate report from the Labor Department showed
initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 25,000 to a seasonally adjusted 304,000 last week, but the underlying
trend remained consistent with a strengthening labor market.
The four - week moving average of
initial claims, viewed as a better measure of labor market
trends as it irons out week - to - week volatility, fell 2,250 to 229,250 last week.
Furthermore,
initial jobless
claims continue to
trend lower.
This suggests that the bull market in stocks is not over because
Initial Claims have not
trended higher yet.
3 am:
Initial Claims went up a little but are still
trending lower.
Klimenko says without regulation, cryptocurrencies can only follow speculative
trends, and
claims last year's bitcoin surge came about as a result of the issuance of an unusually high number of
initial coin offerings (ICO).
The four - week moving average of
initial jobless
claims continues to
trend downward, pointing to a deceleration in the pace of layoffs.
After a few weeks of increases,
Initial Jobless
Claims are moving toward a downward
trend, falling 5,000 to a 267,000 level in the December 19 week.