Weekly claims did drop from the previous week yet still exceed expectations. Yesterday Chair Powell warns that the "real rate" of unemployment exceeds 10% as people that drop out of the labor force are taken into consideration.
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This jobs number should ease some recession fears, although next weeks CPI will be a key indicator as we all know. Payrolls were up 372,00 better than expected with the unemployment rate remains at 3.
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