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Applications for US unemployment aid rise to 354K
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 354,000, a sign layoffs have increased. Still, the level of applications is consistent with steady hiring.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    I am so glad that
    April 14, 2011 10:43 am
    the economy is improving under the Dear Leader and his policies.
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  • EskieMom wrote...
    What happens next?
    September 15, 2011 7:19 am
    Our unemployment will run out soon. No work for close to two years!! Hundreds of applications sent, a few interviews, but no job. So depressing. And what will we live on when the unemployment does run out? Savings already used up. Scared.
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    the only evidence i see...
    March 29, 2012 5:35 am
    is that many applicants have officially milked it as long as possible and no longer qualify......so obviously there would be a decline. Duh.
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  • 509 wrote...
    Labor Force Participation Rate....
    May 10, 2012 7:08 am
    When Obama took office: 65.7% Today 63.6%. Where did all these workers go?? Well, at least the bankers STILL have a job and their bonuses.
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  • Fuego wrote...
    Nothing...
    July 12, 2012 5:26 am
    on the near horizon would indicate that the job market is going to improve. With the recent news of some cities declaring bankruptcy my guess is things will get worse before they get better.
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  • hnuh wrote...
    09-20-2012 US unemployment claims fell last week...
    September 20, 2012 8:22 am
    Go to zerohedge.com to see the reason this headline could be written. It is instructive, and a prophylactic against the media propaganda the headline represents.
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