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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Jun 13, 2013, 12:45 PM Jun 2013

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Positive Signs: Jobless Claims Drop, Retail Sales Rise

by MARK MEMMOTT
June 13, 201311:38 AM

The number of first-time claims for unemployment insurance has dropped back down to one of its lowest levels since January 2008, the Employment and Training Administration says.

According to that agency, there were 334,000 initial claims filed last week, down 12,000 from the week before.

Also Thursday morning, the Census Bureau reported that retail sales rose 0.6 percent in May from April. The Associated Press says "the gain shows consumers remain resilient despite higher taxes and could drive faster growth later this year. ... The April gain was led by a 1.8 percent jump in auto sales, the biggest increase in six months."

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/13/191305072/positive-signs-jobless-claims-drop-retail-sales-rise

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Positive Signs: Jobless Claims Drop, Retail Sales Rise (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2013 OP

Nobody cares.. they are too busy bashing Obama about listening to their phone calls. DCBob Jun 2013 #1

Funny how that works out, isn't it............... wandy Jun 2013 #2

DCBob

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1. Nobody cares.. they are too busy bashing Obama about listening to their phone calls.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013, 12:47 PM

Jun 2013

wandy

(3,539 posts)

2. Funny how that works out, isn't it...............

Reply to DCBob (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 01:38 PM

Jun 2013

But come on now. Isn't Obamas mishandling of Benghazi still important?

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