Unemployment claims, December 13, 2012, 26 states had initial claims increases over a thousand, 5 states over 10 thousand, Total people claiming benefits in all programs increased 683477
“With a 63.7% labor force participation, “conditions in the labor market are considerably worse than indicated” in July’s report”…economist Joshua Shapiro, WSJ August 3, 2012
“We tried our plan—and it worked. That’s the difference. That’s the choice in this election. That’s why I’m running for a second term.”…Barack Obama
“the Times of the nineteenth of December had published the official forecasts of the output of various classes of consumption goods in the fourth quarter of 1983, which was also the sixth quarter of the Ninth Three-Year Plan. Today’s issue contained a statement of the actual output, from which it appeared that the forecasts were in every instance grossly wrong. Winston’s job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones.”…George Orwell, “1984″
You will never read this in the mainstream media. But the data is there, you just have to look and to care.
26 states had initial claims increases over a thousand, 5 states over 10 thousand.
From the US Labor Department December 13, 2012.
“UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT”
“In the week ending December 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 343,000, a decrease of 29,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 372,000. The 4-week moving average was 381,500, a decrease of 27,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 408,500.”
“The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending November 24 was 5,642,678, an increase of 683,477 from the previous week.”
“The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 1 were in California (+24,411), Pennsylvania (+14,636), North Carolina (+13,961), New York (+11,025), and Texas (+10,435)”
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| State | Change | State Supplied Comment |
| CA | +24,411 | Increase a result of processing claims from prior week when offices were closed due to Thanksgiving holiday. Layoffs in the service, agriculture, forestry, and fishing industries. | |
| PA | +14,636 | Layoffs in the construction, professional, scientific and technology service, transportation, entertainment, and accommodations and food service industries. | |
| NC | +13,961 | No Comment . | |
| NY | +11,025 | Layoffs in the transportation, construction, and food service industries. | |
| TX | +10,435 | Increase a result of processing claims from prior week when offices were closed due to Thanksgiving holiday. | |
| GA | +8,708 | Layoffs in the manufacturing, administrative service, construction, trade, healthcare and social assistance, and accommodations and food service industries. | |
| IL | +8,478 | Layoffs in the construction, manufacturing, and administrative industries. | |
| SC | +5,009 | Layoffs in the machinery manufacturing, textile, and fabricated metal products industries. | |
| MI | +4,065 | Layoffs in the administrative service industry. | |
| TN | +3,846 | Layoffs in the administrative service, manufacturing, trade, food service industries. | |
| VA | +3,326 | Layoffs in the manufacturing industry. | |
| MN | +3,168 | No comment. | |
| MO | +3,053 | Layoffs in the construction and administrative service industries | |
| AL | +2,668 | Layoffs in the construction, administrative service, accommodations and food service, and retail industries. | |
| NJ | +2,191 | Layoffs in the construction, administrative, and retail industries. | |
| MD | +1,737 | No comment. | |
| NV | +1,704 | Increase a result of processing claims from prior week when offices were closed due to Thanksgiving holiday. | |
| PR | +1,699 | No comment. | |
| MA | +1,654 | No comment. | |
| WV | +1,477 | Layoffs in the mining, manufacturing, information, managing, administrative service, waste, and accomadations and food service industries. | |
| AZ | +1,462 | No comment. | |
| OR | +1,348 | Increase in initial claims are due layoffs in seasonal industries and occupations and processing claims from prior week when offices were closed due to Thanksgiving holiday. | |
| LA | +1,343 | No comment. | |
| OH | +1,269 | Layoffs in the automobile and manufacturing industries. | |
| CT | +1,252 | No comment. | |
| IN | +1,246 | Layoffs in the manufacturing industry. |
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm#.UMunSm_7LhI
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