The number of initial unemployment claims has remained steady this year despite all the bru-ha-ha in Washington DC about layoffs. Any thoughts on why?
DB2
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Where is the data coming from? Can it be trusted?
JimA
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Because it takes up to 3 weeks to process an application and for it to be counted? And DOGE started firing people about a month ago.
I would expect it to start showing up in real numbers in the next iteration.
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Didn’t they have to hire most of them back? I know my sister is back at the VA but is leaving tomorrow for another job.
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On a minor tangent, a great resource that aggregates all the current terminations:
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