Comments on: US Jobless claims decline in latest week http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html a finance news and opinion site Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Edward Harrisonhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html#comment-7920 Edward Harrison Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:15:46 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html#comment-7920 Scott, no, the move to and the loss of extended benefits is significant. You're right on the money.<br><br>It doesn't have any historical data to compare it to, so I tend to leave it out. It also makes the continuing claims number less meaningful. So I have been to concentrate on initial claims. Scott, no, the move to and the loss of extended benefits is significant. You're right on the money.

It doesn't have any historical data to compare it to, so I tend to leave it out. It also makes the continuing claims number less meaningful. So I have been to concentrate on initial claims.

]]> By: Edward Harrisonhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html#comment-5976 Edward Harrison Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:15:46 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html#comment-5976 Scott, no, the move to and the loss of extended benefits is significant. You're right on the money.<br><br>It doesn't have any historical data to compare it to, so I tend to leave it out. It also makes the continuing claims number less meaningful. So I have been to concentrate on initial claims. Scott, no, the move to and the loss of extended benefits is significant. You're right on the money.

It doesn't have any historical data to compare it to, so I tend to leave it out. It also makes the continuing claims number less meaningful. So I have been to concentrate on initial claims.

]]> By: Scott Schaefcerhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html#comment-5973 Scott Schaefcer Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:18:31 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/08/us-jobless-claims-decline-in-latest-week.html#comment-5973 Any comment on the 140,000 persons who were counted in "continuing claims" last week, but were not this week because they exhausted their state-level benefits,and moved to "Extended Benefits" ???<br><br>Extended Benefits 491,684 352,393 +139,291 1,471<br><br>Perhaps I am missing important statistical insights that minimize the importance of this number. Any comment on the 140,000 persons who were counted in “continuing claims” last week, but were not this week because they exhausted their state-level benefits,and moved to “Extended Benefits” ???

Extended Benefits 491,684 352,393 +139,291 1,471

Perhaps I am missing important statistical insights that minimize the importance of this number.

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