Initial Jobless Claims At 472.000

June 17th, 2010 by Belisarius

Initial jobless claims were reported at 472.000. The consensus was at 450.000, last week revised reading was at 456.000.

If we combine this with recent bleak readings for leading unemployment indicators, it looks real bad.

Chart 1. U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Source: U.S. Department Of Labor

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