I don't find this report to be out of line with recent numbers. Of course, it would be nice to be lower and I was thinking that we should be by now. I use the unemployment claims in some economic modeling. Here are the numbers since this mess started.
03/06/20 | 211000 |
03/13/20 | 281000 |
03/20/20 | 3307000 |
03/27/20 | 6867000 |
04/03/20 | 6615000 |
04/10/20 | 5237000 |
04/17/20 | 4442000 |
04/24/20 | 3846000 |
05/01/20 | 3176000 |
05/08/20 | 2687000 |
05/15/20 | 2446000 |
05/22/20 | 2126000 |
05/29/20 | 1897000 |
06/05/20 | 1566000 |
06/12/20 | 1540000 |
06/19/20 | 1482000 |
06/26/20 | 1413000 |
07/03/20 | 1310000 |
07/10/20 | 1307000 |
07/17/20 | 1422000 |
07/24/20 | 1434000 |
07/31/20 | 1191000 |
08/07/20 | 971000 |
08/14/20 | 1104000 |
08/21/20 | 1011000 |
08/28/20 | 884000 |
09/04/20 | 893000 |
09/11/20 | 866000 |
09/18/20 | 873000 |
09/25/20 | 849000 |
10/02/20 | 845000 |
10/09/20 | 842000 |
10/16/20 | 791000 |
10/23/20 | 758000 |
10/30/20 | 757000 |
11/06/20 | 711000 |
11/13/20 | 748000 |
11/20/20 | 787000 |
11/27/20 | 716000 |
12/04/20 | 862000 |
12/11/20 | 892000 |
12/18/20 | 806000 |
12/25/20 | 790000 |
01/01/21 | 784000 |
01/08/21 | 926000 |
01/15/21 | 914000 |
01/22/21 | 812000 |
01/29/21 | 812000 |
02/05/21 | 848000 |
02/12/21 | 841000 |
02/19/21 | 736000 |
02/26/21 | 745000 |