From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Simplistic, If no one is employed then there would be no initial jobless claims.

What are the numbers for new hires, job creation, breakdown by industry and salary ?

Bob Lewis

"Mark Hessey"  wrote in message
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> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote: As usual
she tells a partial
> truth...
>
> This report and chart out today is quite interesting:
> http://jec.senate.gov/_files/JoblessClaims.pdf
> After a steep increase during the last year of the Clinton adminstration,
> initial jobless claims leveled off on cue when Bush took office, spiked up
> dramatically due to 9/11 and have been on a downward, though not straight
> down, trend ever since. Looking good for a continued recovery, as
expected.
>
>

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