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Highest Unemployment Filing Numbers in a Year – HotAir

We all know what the official, “Everything’s fine – you knuckle-dragging rubes just are too stupid to realize it” line is.

Here we go again with our lying eyes.

Welp, who’s gonna tell POTATUS?

Initial filings for unemployment benefits have hit their highest level since late August 2023, a potential sign that an otherwise robust labor market is changing.

Jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 231,000 for the week ending on May 4, up 22,000 from the previous period and higher than the Dow Jones estimate for 214,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It was the highest claims number since Aug. 26, 2023.

The increase in claims follows a string of mostly strong hiring reports, though hiring in April was light compared with expectations. Also,…

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