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| Unemployment Claims Up and other Economic News |
| 2021-10-01 |
| [UPI] The number of U.S. workers filing for new unemployment benefits has risen for the third straight week, the Labor Department said in its weekly report Thursday. The department said there were 362,000 first-time filings last week, an increase of 11,000 claims. The figure was almost 30,000 claims higher than the 335,000 that most economists expected. but also The report also noted that the number of Americans receiving federal aid fell from 11.2 million in the first week of September to about 5 million in the week ending Sept. 11 -- a decline of 6.2 million [Covid relief unemployment payments expired in many States]. A more positive signal from the report is that the overall number of [unemployment] filers fell by 18,000 to 2.802 million. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #10 Well, I quit buying Pepsi products when Idiot Nooyi was their CEO and I dropped Coke when they got woke. I simply dare you to find RC Cola minis anywhere. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-10-01 18:20 |
| #9 #8 True. Pepsi and Coke having major problems. I asked sales rep if supplies would improve mid month and he said towards end of month. End of month I reminded him of his guesstimate. He replied No!, I didn't say that. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-10-01 17:58 |
| #8 $600. Still tyrannical Give it a year. Might be same/same. I can't think of a single aspect of the financial arena which hasn't been diddled these last 6 months; and watch, the government will declare the solution is more government including COLA stimulus checks to conjure even more money into the system. I have a little game going on these last 2 months, perhaps someone else has been playing too? The game is this: every place I go into which sells beverages - grocery stores, quick shops - I look to see if single serve ice tea is available, unsweetened or sweetened, the extra sweet/raspberry/lemon etc. less popular flavors don't count. First success was about 500 miles away, and it was a local brand. Next was an additional 100 miles out and off-broadway for a name brand. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-10-01 14:27 |
| #7 Old Yellen's on a mission to kill American capitalism. We're headed for the kind of black market free-for-all that was seen in Yeltsin's Russia ... say, Yellen.. Yeltsin... you don't think ...? |
| Posted by: Burn Loot Murder 2021-10-01 10:04 |
| #6 ^ $600. Still tyrannical |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-10-01 09:59 |
| #5 Old Yellen is the same lunatic that wants to track all bank deposits over some trivial figure -- IIRC $300. She is a public menace We are ruled by morons |
| Posted by: Burn Loot Murder 2021-10-01 09:31 |
| #4 I think the economic news of the hour is Janet Yellen saying that unrealized gains (all) should be viewed as capital gains and taxed that way. Give that a moment's thought. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2021-10-01 09:09 |
| #3 Why not start making UEI persons collecting weekly $$$$$ to present a list of places they applied for jobs at each week. A lot of states used to have that requirement, NN2N1. Apparently that was raycist or something, though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-10-01 08:11 |
| #2 unexpectedly |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-10-01 07:49 |
| #1 We have APPLIED HERE signs everywhere around here. Why not start making UEI persons collecting weekly $$$$$ to present a list of places they applied for jobs at each week. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-10-01 07:17 |