Initial Claims Print At 427K

There is nothing to excuse last week's once again disappointing jobless claims number which came at 427K, even as the lemming horde was expecting an improvement to 419K. The previous number of 422K was revised as is always the case higher to 426K, in an attempt to make the W/W deterioration seem less than expected. Continuing claims on the other hand surprised to the upside, coming in at 3,676K on expectations on 3,700K, with the previous revised higher to 3,747K from 3,711K. Ever more people continue to drop out of the 99 week category as 52K fell out of EUCs and Extended Benefits. More...

Charting Statistical Fraud At The BLS: 22 Out Of 23 Consecutive Upward Revisions In Initial Jobless Claims

Image via WikipediaFor all those who continue to doubt the statistically quetionable methods of our Labor Department, as well as for all others who mock those who doubt the veracity out of anything coming out of the BLS, the following chart should provide much needed closure. The top section of the chart below demonstrates weekly prior revisions in initial claims for all of 2010. Readers may be surprised to discover that beginning in April, of 2010, continuing through today, there have been 22 out of 23 consecutive upward prior weekly revisions!

In other words, the BLS has a definitive mandate to underrepresent the "current" weekly data and to allow it to catch up with reality once it has become "prior", and thus no longer market moving, when in reality should the BLS present true data it would have likely missed estimates on more than half the occasions it has "beaten" and caused ridiculous market spikes like the one experienced earlier. Furthermore, combining all individual weekly data, demonstrates that the BLS has underrepresented initial claims by roughly 80,000 year to date. More...

BP tells business owners filing claims to get attorney

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Don't worry, Obama's in charge. He'll get Thad on it right away.

From NWFDaily News:
FORT WALTON BEACH — Local business owner Donna Kelly-Braden has become so frustrated with the filing processes at the local BP claims office that she took her frustrations to the street with a quickly planned protest Wednesday afternoon.

And Wednesday’s protest was just the start.

Kelly, owner of Bridal & Tuxedos by Yours Truly, tried to file a claim for lost revenues for her business at the local claims office this week. She was asked to come back four times, and each time she was told she needed different paperwork. Finally, she was given a document stating she should hire an attorney to work through her future claims.

Kelly said other small business owners have expressed similar frustrations.

“They’re just not going to pay,” Kelly said. “Half the people will give up and just say it’s not worth the hassle. They’re paying really small claims, $100, $200. But for the small business owners, they’re not doing anything for us.

“They have the nerve to destroy our community as far as our environment and then they’re going to treat me rudely? I don’t think so.”

Kelly held a quickly organized protest Wednesday afternoon at Liza Jackson Park. The BP claims office is located next to Liza Jackson Park at the shopping center anchored by IHOP.

Only a handful of people arrived at the protest before more rain came and some people left. Kelly said she planned to hold additional protests in the future and have them be better organized. More...

Initial Claims 457k; expect an upward revision

Initial claims at 457k, statistically insignificant compared to expectations 463k, down 19k compared to the prior weekly revised number (476k, from 472k). We expect another upward revision here. Continuing claims at 4,548, identical to expectations at 4,550 (previous 4,571k revised to 4,593k). Extended benefits once again blow out, +116,432 for the week ended June 5. Durable goods at -1.1%, compared to -1.4% expectations. Ex-transportation was 0.9%, versus expected 1.0%. More...

580,944 initial unemployment claims filed last week

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 580,944 in the week ending July 18, a decrease of 90,298 from the previous week. There were 411,408 initial claims in the comparable week in 2008.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.7 percent during the week ending July 11, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 6,231,108, an increase of 57,168 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 2.4 percent and the volume was 3,164,970.

Extended benefits were available in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin during the week ending July 4.

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667,534 filed claims last week - Govt Lied

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 667,534 in the week ending July 11, an increase of 86,389 from the previous week. There were 483,981 initial claims in the comparable week in 2008.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.6 percent during the week ending July 4, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 6,135,066, an increase of 63,714 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 2.3 percent and the volume was 3,118,724.

Extended benefits were available in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin during the week ending June 27.

Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,642 in the week ending July 4, an increase of 14 from the prior week. There were 1,870 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 192 from the preceding week.

There were 17,471 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 27, an increase of 17 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 28,772, an increase of 242 from the prior week.

States reported 2,525,342 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending June 27, an increase of 6,241 from the prior week. EUC weekly claims include both first and second tier activity.

The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 27 were in Michigan (7.2 percent), Puerto Rico (6.9), Oregon (6.5), Pennsylvania (6.3), Nevada (6.1), Wisconsin (5.8), California (5.4), South Carolina (5.4), Connecticut (5.2), Illinois (5.2), New Jersey (5.2), and North Carolina (5.2).

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 4 were in Michigan (+12,144), New York (+8,913), Wisconsin (+5,838), Indiana (+5,430), and Ohio (+4,240), while the largest decreases were in New Jersey (-5,030), California (-4,293), North Carolina (-3,983), Kansas (-3,544), and Oregon
(-1,454).

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