Jobs Market Still Healthy.
Jobless Claims (week ended 11/8/2014)
– New Claims (seasonally adjusted) 290,000. Previous was 278,000
– New Claims unadjusted, totaled 306,889 an increase of 39,968 from the previous week
– 4-week Moving Average 285,000. Previous was 279,000.
Initial Claims are still low.
JOLTS (September 2014)
– Job Openings 4,735,000. Previous was 4,853,000.
Despite the month/month downturn this number has been very strong for the past year and indicative of a healthy jobs market.