Analysts say jobless claims on the decline...or are they?

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Analysts say jobless claims on the decline...or are they?

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Andrew Odom

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Thursday, August 27. 2009

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The government says the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits dropped last week, and those remaining on the rolls also fell, evidence that layoffs have eased.

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits dropped last week, and the number of people remaining on the rolls also fell, evidence that layoffs have eased.

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#1 Elcorin on 08/29/09 at 08:57 AM

Greatings, Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.

#2 rawdave on 09/04/09 at 11:35 AM

I would love to see those figures as a percentage of the employed. My guess is that as there are fewer and fewer employed, there are fewer to lay off. But percentage wise, the job losses are increasing.

Just my guess.

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