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11 May 2013 Unemployment Claims 4 Week Average Is Marginally Worse
May 16th, 2013
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Blue Line 4 Week AverageThe market was expecting 330,000 to 335,000 vs the ---,000 reported. The more important 4 week moving average is better, moving from 342,250 (reported last week) to 336,750. It should be pointed out that Econintersect wa… more »
How Are American Workers Dealing with the Payroll Tax Hike?
May 15th, 2013
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by Basit Zafar, Max Livingston, and Wilbert van der Klaauw - Liberty Street Economics, New York Federal Reserve
The payroll tax cut, which was in place during all of 2011 and 2012, reduced Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld from workers’ pay… more »
2Q2013 Philly Fed Economic Forecasters See Little Change in Outlook for 2013
May 10th, 2013
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Summary of forecaster's outlook follows.
Outlook for Growth Holds Steady as Unemployment Outlook Improves
The outlook for growth in the U.S. economy over the next three years is little changed from that of three months ago, according to 4… more »
04 May 2013 Unemployment Claims 4 Week Average Improves Again
May 9th, 2013
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Blue Line 4 Week Average
The market was expecting 336,000 to 340,000 vs the 323,000 reported. The more important 4 week moving average is better, moving from 342,250 (reported last week) to 336,750.
It should be pointed out that Econintersect wa… more »
Employment Data Improves
May 3rd, 2013
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Econintersect: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced an increase in the widely watched non-farms payrolls (NFP) for the country of 165,000, seasonally adjusted. More importantly the NFP numbers for the two previous months were adjusted upward… more »
