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Economy in Brief
U.S. Energy Prices Rise Further
Retail gasoline prices increased to $4.59 per gallon in the week ended May 23...
S&P Flash PMIs Are Mixed in May As Manufacturing Erodes Slowly
Among the early reporting countries in Europe and Japan, the S&P PMI readings for May tilt toward weakness...
NABE Lowers Growth Expectations for Next Year & 2022
The NABE expects the economic expansion to continue through its third year...
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Improves in April
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) rose to 0.47 during April...
IFO Registers Small Rebound on the Month
Germany's IFO index has rebounded on the month...
Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
Profits & Margins Plunge In Q1: Expect More Margin Contraction As Fed Squeezes Inflation
The Many Links of Inflation Cycle: Hard Landing Is Needed to Crack Them
Peak Inflation and Fed Policy: A Relationship which Should Worry the Fed and Scare Investors
Why Have the Yields on TIPS Been Negative in the Past Two Years?
by Tom Moeller December 15, 2005
Initial claims for unemployment insurance inched up 1,000 to 329,000 last week following a little revised 7,000 increase the prior week. Consensus expectations had been for 320,000 claims.
Hurricane related claims dropped to 3,000 and brought the total of the three storms during the last fifteen weeks to 603,000.
The four-week moving average of initial claims rose slightly to 328,750 (-1.9% y/y).
Continuing unemployment insurance claims rose 21,000 following a revised 156,000 decline the prior week which was deeper than initially reported.
The insured rate of unemployment was stable at 2.0%.
| Unemployment Insurance (000s) | 12/10/05 | 12/03/05 | Y/Y | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Claims | 329 | 328 | 2.5% | 343 | 402 | 404 |
| Continuing Claims | -- | 2,606 | -5.2% | 2,926 | 3,531 | 3,570 |
