Housing, labor data provide upbeat signs on economy

“Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 335,000.”

Finally a number below 350,000.

Let’s hope it continues to drop from here.

Oh, STFU already with your lies.

Tomorrows headlines, “30,000 new unemployment claims filed today”.
Saturdays headlines, “Americans are back to work.”
Sundays headlines, “The economy is recessing by .002%.”
Mondays headlines, “The economy is BOOMING more and more consumers!”
Tuesdays headlines, “More and More Americans file bankruptcy.”

Get the point? How much do you editors get paid from your side of the aisle these days? I would truly like to know the cost for biased media and the cost of your soul?

Jobless claims have very little to do with unemployment any longer. The welfare and foodstamp rolls are continuing to swell…There are more people in the streets fighting for gay marriage, gun control, legalizing illegal immigrants, and taking away working people’s money then there are people working and paying taxes. It is unsustainable. Ask Greece.

Reuters you’re drinking the WhiteHouse Koolaide again! Do some homework instead of regurgitating political trash.

“The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 555,708 in the week ending January 12, an increase of 2,360 from the previous week. There were 525,422 initial claims in the comparable week in 2012.”

Improved from what…the worst numbers in decade…wouldn’t take much…kinda like the top of the bottom of the barrell. The policies that are and will be inacted will not sustain this.

bobber1956
Working just like it was planned. The message…. We will save you, rescue you from the horrbile things the RICH have done to you and this country. Vote for me and I will fix it by punishing the RICH folks that caused this.

USAPragmatist
Yes an improvement but from what…the worst numbers in decades…we will see if this adminstration can fix it long term…my bet…not.

USAPragmatist
It is only a better report if it is true…and it is not. Some one just got tired of the lies and quit. Why don’t you?

@bobber1956, it is only ‘lies’ in your own head, because you are one of the people living in the Rovian bubble of unreality. When your reality is not the true reality then of course the truth is going to appear to be lies to you. E.g. if someone would say Obama is not a socialist or he is an American, you would say this is a lie because in your bubble of unreality Obama is a socialist Muslim from Kenya.

On a side note why did Reuters delete my original message? Their filter is really screwy.

Sounds good. Now if we can start tackling the deficit Obama might be able to save his predecessor from the worst crisis in modern history.

@TheNewWorld, the deficit has already been reduced the most EVER in 4 ears during the first four years. That being said it was at, and still is, an obscene level and we do need a comprehensive plan to keep reducing it and eventually to start paying down the large debt we do have.

@bobber1956…very well put…the economy is stagnant, but liberal media drivel is intended to swoon the masses into believing everything is peachy; that sad part is: it usually works.

What is holding the economy back is the stalemate in Washington, caused by the obstructionism of the Tea Party.

maybe it is me and I do not understand the terms used by the government and those reporting the facts…
unemployment is a serious problem, could become a chronic problem so let us not dwell on it, but rather, address it and settle what is needed to employ our fellow Americans…
for inflation keep taking out food and energy and we will never know what we should expect…
again my opinion, at this time we are on a runaway of inflation at the markets starting with the bread, add the eggs, milk and almost anything else…
be real government and you experts because for me “inflation is not under control!

Thank you.

Another day of progress, another day tea-bagger tears. Poor tea-baggers. Hey if it’s any consolation…. you guys won Kentucky again. That’s something.

Haha silly Teabaggers. If its good news its a lie. If its bad news, its i told you so. Your hatred and ignorance is unrivaled.

Instead of crying, you republicans should have been investing in the stock market over the past 4 years like the rest of us. Bank of America went up 600% between 2009 and 2010. While you were watching foxnews and listening to fat people whine on AM radio. You snooze, you lose :)