New Unemployment Claims Rise "Unexpectedly"

[Hoss]

I've got pictures if a slide show would be an effective tool, just let me know...

Please, not if they include Fallin.  I have sensitive eyes.

[RecycleMichael]

I've got pictures...

You have pictures of Mary Fallin having an affair with her assigned state trooper while she was still married?

[Conan71]

You have pictures of Mary Fallin having an affair with her assigned state trooper while she was still married?

Yep, they are in the same album as the ones with Santa Claus having an affair with the Easter Bunny.

[Townsend]

Yep, they are in the same album as the ones with Santa Claus having an affair with the Easter Bunny.

Fanciful beastiality is wrong.

[guido911]

We have an "expected" alert!! Existing home sales fell 27% in July, but fortunately it was expected:

http://www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/2010/08/ehs_fall?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+creditwritedownsnews+%28Credit+Writedowns%27+News+Feed%29

[Townsend]

We have an "expected" alert!! Existing home sales fell 27% in July, but fortunately it was expected:

http://www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/2010/08/ehs_fall?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+creditwritedownsnews+%28Credit+Writedowns%27+News+Feed%29

"Consumers rationally jumped into the market before the deadline for the home buyer tax credit expired. Since May, after the deadline, contract signings have been notably lower and a pause period for home sales is likely to last through September," he said. "However, given the rock-bottom mortgage interest rates and historically high housing affordability conditions, the pace of a sales recovery could pick up quickly, provided the economy consistently adds jobs.

"Even with sales pausing for a few months, annual sales are expected to reach 5 million in 2010 because of healthy activity in the first half of the year. To place in perspective, annual sales averaged 4.9 million in the past 20 years, and 4.4 million over the past 30 years," Yun said.

[guido911]

I am hoping that part is right, because it is "expected" and all.

[Townsend]

I am hoping that part is right, because it is "expected" and all.

Apparently we'll find out in a "few months".

[guido911]

Good news on employment. Jobless claims fell "sharply" last week. No news on whether it was expected or not.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100826/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy

[Gaspar]

Rising at an aggressive pace now.

Under-employment rising too.

[guido911]

Buzzkiller.  I heard that new unemployment filings were down last week.

[Townsend]

Hurrah, Republican controlled house to the rescue with Tea Party Express lending a hand.

Amazing effect that had.

[Red Arrow]

Hurrah, Republican controlled house to the rescue with Tea Party Express lending a hand.
Amazing effect that had.

How many months did/has Obama blamed Bush?

[nathanm]

Well, it's certainly possible to look at non seasonally adjusted UE numbers if you want to..not real bright (unless you're intimately familiar with the seasonal nature of the unemployment numbers), but it's certainly possible.

[we vs us]

Unemployment now down to 8.9%, which is a surprising improvement.  The three month pace is the fastest drop in 28 years, and economists had projected that we'd be at 9.2%.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/04/news/economy/february_jobs_report/index.htm?hpt=T1&iref=BN1