Viel spass mit den Revisionen!

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department report of initial state jobless benefit claims, seasonally adjusted.



Week Ended Initial Claims 4-Week Avg. Continued Claims
04/06/02 438,000 433,750 Unavailable
03/30/02 493,000-r 424,000-r 3,779,000
03/23/02 414,000-r 398,750-r 3,634,000-r
03/16/02 390,000-r 394,250-r 3,580,000-r
r-revised

REVISIONS:
INITIAL CLAIMS: March 30 from 460,000; March 23 from
396,000; March 16 from 376,000
FOUR-WEEK AVERAGE: March 30 from 403,750; March 23 from
384,000; March 16 from 380,250
CONTINUED CLAIMS: March 23 from 3,608,000; March 16 from
3,507,000

STATES WITH DECREASE IN CLAIMS OF MORE THAN 1,000:
Four states reported a decrease in claims of more
than 1,000 in the week ended March 30, the latest period for
which the data are available. They were:

North Carolina -1,690
Delaware -1,536
Texas -1,375
Kentucky -1,122


STATES WITH INCREASE IN MORE THAN 1,000:
Thirteen states reported an increase in claims of more
than 1,000 in the week ended March 30, the latest period for
which the data are available. Among the largest were:

New York +3,639
Missouri +2,705
Wisconsin +2,398

FORECAST:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. jobless claims 419,000 in the April 6 week

COMMENTS/NOTES:
The insured unemployment rate, a measurement of the work
force receiving unemployment benefits, was 2.9 percent in the
March 30 week, up from 2.8 percent the previous week.
The Labor Department said that 33


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>Viel spass mit den Revisionen!
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Jo, den hab ich bereits. Rückwirkend bis 1988 sind die Saisonalfaktoren neu berechnet worden. Die revidierten Daten sind erst seit heute erhältlich und die Statistikseite, wo man die eigentlich abrufen kann sind, ist nicht erreichbar.

Da kommt nur Kopfschütteln auf; wird heute halt weniger.

Gruss
Cosa

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