Initial Jobless Claims Drop Back Near Multi-Decade Lows

Initial Jobless Claims Drop Back Near Multi-Decade Lows

Just a week after The Fed slashed rates by a crisis-like 50bps, initial jobless claims tumbled back towards multi-decade lows (217k)…

Source: Bloomberg

Texas and New York saw the biggest drops in initial claims…

Continuing claims ticked up modestly to 1.834mm Americans…

Source: Bloomberg

If claims have any value in reality, then it seems unemployment rates are set to drop further…

Source: Bloomberg

Does that look like an economic background that prompts The Fed to almost unanimously decide to cut rates by 50bps?

Tyler Durden
Thu, 09/26/2024 – 08:43

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