403,000 may be a bit closer to 400,000 but the real issue is that this has to come down significantly for the unemployment situation to improve. The four-week average fell by 6,250 to 403,000.
The army of unemployed measured by the continuing jobless claims rose by 25,000 to 3.719 million. Weekly claims can come down, but no one likes to see continuing claims on the rise even if there is a one-week lag to the continuing claims data.
More of the same. Weak jobs persist.
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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