New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of November 23, 2024

 

Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on November 23, 2024:

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Predicted: 213,000

• Actual: 213,000

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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

• Previous Week (revised): 215,000

• 4-Week Moving Average: 217,000

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From Today's Report:

"...The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent for the week ending November 16, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 16 was 1,907,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the highest level for insured unemployment since November 13, 2021 when it was 1,974,000. The previous week's level was revised down by 10,000 from 1,908,000 to 1,898,000.

The 4-week moving average was 1,890,250, an increase of 13,500 from the previous week's revised average. This is the highest level for this average since November 27, 2021 when it was 1,928,000. The previous week's average was revised down by 2,500 from 1,879,250 to 1,876,750..."

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New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of March 2, 2024

Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on March 2, 2024:

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Predicted: 215,000

• Actual: 217,000

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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

• Previous Week (revised): 217,000

• 4-Week Moving Average: 212,250

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From Today's Report:

"...The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3% for the week ending February 24, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending February 24 was 1,906,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 7,000 from 1,905,000 to 1,898,000.

The 4-week moving average was 1,888,250, an increase of 10,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the highest level for this average since December 11, 2021 when it was 1,888,250. The previous week's average was revised down by 1,750 from 1,879,750 to 1,878,000..."

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My Job Interview at The New York Public Library

The New York
Public Library

Back in 1999, I interviewed for a tech support job at the New York Public Library (NYPL.) I showed up looking very smart: new suit from Macy's, a fresh haircut and a laminated resume.

The lady who interviewed me was Caucasian, probably in her late 20s or early 30s, and attractive in a "girl next door" kinda' way.

Interview questions: I was perfectly ready for anything and everything, from the obvious and valid to the unethical and incredibly annoying (Unethical as in questions about your current employers operations.  They want to steal as many good ideas as they can... And MAYBE hire you.)

So, as soon as I sat down, I was met with that look.

You see, I'm a person of color, with very dark skin.

Fear!

Anybody who looks like me knows this look.  It's that "deer in the headlights" look, except it's from human eyes. It's that look that says, "I'm scared of you, and I just can't help it."  It's the kind of look we colored men get just before a fearful woman pulls her purse in closer to her body, because she automatically thinks that we may snatch it and run.

I thought she would catch herself, and the look would stop. But this was just silly, wishful thinking. It didn't stop. It was locked in.

So I got up, thanked her for her time, and left.

For me, this episode was exceptionally disappointing, considering that the NYPL is one of America's greatest fonts of free learning.  

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Fast Gaining Jobs In The Wake of COVID-19

From the exceptional folks at LinkedIn: Fast Gaining Jobs In The Wake of COVID-19:

Fast Gaining Jobs In The Wake of COVID-19

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How Kentucky Is Closing The Skills Gap

How Kentucky Is Closing The Skills Gap; a great segment produced by the exceptional folks at Nightly Business Report:

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