Initial filings for unemployment benefits declined slightly last week though they were consistent with a drift higher in layoffs that began in the spring, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Talbiet bla xogħol ammontaw għal 250,000 għall-ġimgħa li ntemmet fit-13 ta 'Awwissu, tnaqqis ta' 2,000 mill-ġimgħa ta 'qabel u taħt l-istima ta' 260,000 Dow Jones.
Il-medja li tiċċaqlaq ta’ erba’ ġimgħat għal pretensjonijiet, li tgħin biex ittaffi l-volatilità ta’ kull ġimgħa, naqset ukoll b’2,750 għal 246,750.
Aktar kmieni din is-sena, it-talbiet kienu laħqu l-iktar livell baxx f’aktar minn 50 sena, iżda bdew jimxu ogħla f’April wara li laħqu l-qiegħ għal 166,000. Il-medja mobbli ta 'erba' ġimgħat żdiedet matul dak iż-żmien bi kważi 80,000.
It-talbiet kontinwi, li jimxu ġimgħa wara n-numru ewlieni, ammontaw għal 1.437 miljun, żieda ta '7,000.
Dawk li jfasslu l-politika qed isegwu s-suq tax-xogħol mill-qrib fi żmien meta l-inflazzjoni qed taħdem qrib l-ogħla livelli f’40 sena. L-uffiċjali tal-Federal Reserve waqqfu sensiela ta’ żidiet fir-rati tal-imgħax immirati parzjalment biex ikessħu suq tax-xogħol li fih hemm kważi żewġ impjiegi miftuħa għal kull ħaddiem disponibbli.
At their July meeting, Fed officials noted “tentative signs of a softening outlook for the labor market” that included a rise in weekly claims, according to minutes released Wednesday. Policymakers said they were determined to continue to raise interest rates until inflation under control even if meant more a slowdown in hiring.
“Unfortunately, what’s good for the American worker is bad for the Fed’s attempt to being inflation back down to 2% and this will complicate their job and cause them to raise rates higher and for longer than many people currently expect,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer for Independent Investor Alliance.
In other economic news Thursday, the Philadelphia Fed reported that its monthly manufacturing survey for August rose to a reading of 6.2, representing the percentage difference between companies expecting expansion vs. contraction. That was an improvement over July’s minus-12.3.
The level was above the estimate for a minus-5 and helped quell fears that manufacturing might be headed for a major slowdown. A similar survey on Monday from the New York Fed fell a stunning 40 points as respondents indicated that business conditions were deteriorating.
The indexes for prices paid and received both declined on the month, though they remain well into territory that indicates inflation is still present. Hiring also improved as did new orders, though the latter still registered a reading of minus-5.1.
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