The weekly report of new unemployment claims is out this morning. The number came in at 386,000 which is 21,000 higher than the consensus view which was 365,000. One week's figures are not that important. What is important, however, is that the number is so much above consensus. Normally the variance with the consensus if between three and five thousand. This number indicates that things are significantly worse than the experts were expecting.
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