Sentences with phrase «with jobless claims»

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And the U.S. Labor Department said that claims for jobless benefits declined last week by 2,000 to 326,000, which was in line with expectations.

The first allows those claiming Employment Insurance to earn extra income on top of their benefits, and the other inflates benefits for claimants in regions with high jobless rates.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's FOMC Meeting Statement followed by reports tomorrow on UK PMI, Eurozone PPI, CPI, US Challenger Job Cuts, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, Markit Services PMI, ISM Services, Durable Goods and Factory Orders for near term direction.

The market is expected to see the weekly initial jobless claims data and the trade balance in the US with focus on Friday's non-farm payroll report.

Unemployment is down, with initial jobless claims falling to the lowest level in four years.

The economics calendar will be busy Thursday, with the weekly report on initial jobless claims, as well as readings on worker productivity and the trade balance are all due at 8:30 AM ET (1230GMT).

For example, weekly initial jobless claims are currently running at around the 345,000 level, which in the past has been consistent with monthly employment gains of around 150,000; the manufacturing ISM employment index is at a 20 - year high; and growth in temporary - help services employment (which tends to lead overall employment) has picked up.

Turning to today's economic calendar, Eurozone trade data will be released along with a string of US reports including initial jobless claims and manufacturing figures.

Initial jobless claims are around 320,000, a level usually associated with monthly employment gains of more than 200,000, and the employment components of the ISM surveys report healthy labour demand.

The labour market has been disappointing to date, but there have been some tentative signs of improvement recently, with a gradual decline in new jobless claims and an increase in non-farm employment in September.

Unemployment has risen to eight percent overall - with youth unemployment at 18.3 % - but jobless claims have declined.

was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who claimed unemployment benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.

And when the U.K.'s latest jobs report was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who claimed unemployment benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.

As the U.S. economy enters the second quarter of 2018, the positive economic momentum continues, U.S. business confidence remains high, along with consumer confidence, jobless claims are near a generational low and the ISM Manufacturing Index is at record levels as well.

Take positions on the weekly jobless claims, monthly nonfarm payroll, or Fed Funds interest rate number with a binary option.

Instead of speculating on the markets» reaction to reports like jobless claims and interest rates, trade the numbers themselves with a straightforward yes - or - no binary.

The weekly jobless claims number was higher than expected in the US, with the trade deficit also widening more than expected, while the British construction PMI was also a negative surprise, but equity markets couldn't care less.

Other job - related data continue to show signs of improvement with initial jobless claims hovering near a new low of the recovery at the end of March.

The continuing drop in jobless claims — considered a signal of future economic trends — shows that the problem with today's job market isn't layoffs but rather the modest and unsteady hiring at companies.

Fueling the uptick: a promising jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a three - year low and first - time claims for jobless benefits falling last week to a four - year low, according to a Labor Department report Thursday.

«This is yet another sign that, as we first saw with the initial jobless claims data, the recovery from Harvey was very fast and the disruption from Irma in Florida was far less than initially feared,» said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities.