The four-week moving average fell 9,000 down to 450,500 from a week ago at a revised level of 459,500.
The army of unemployed measured by the continuing jobless claims rose by 12,000 to 4,627,000 from last week’s revised level of 4,615,000. Still a massive number.
These numbers are not strong enough to make any economist say that May is going to be the blowout month for non-Farm Payrolls and unemployment. Not yet at any rate.
JON C. OGG
Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.
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