22,000 additional jobless claims filed in last 2 weeks of 2012-Reuters

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Jobless claims for prior week (12/23/12) were ‘revised up 12,000′ from initial report. Add that to 10,000 new claims filed week ending 12/29 and you have 22,000 new claims. The 12,000 revision number in Reuters original Jan. 3 report has been removed from many later versions. I was lucky to find one source (Chicago Tribune) that hadn’t yet altered the text to favor Obama.

1/3/13, “Instant View: Private sector added 215,000 jobs in December,” Reuters, via Chicago Tribune

“The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, (w/e 12/29) but the data continues to be too distorted by the holidays to offer a clear read of labor market conditions.
 
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 372,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

The prior week’s figure was revised to show 12,000 more applications than previously reported.
 
Claims data reported for the week ended December 22 had been
artificially depressed by the holidays,
which resulted in data for 19 states being estimated.”…via Free Republic


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ADP: Dec. 2012 Manufacturing lost 11,000 jobs

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Ed. note: On ‘private sector’ jobs added, article doesn’t say how many were part time or temporary. Unless that data is included the number doesn’t mean much:

6/02/12, “America’s Transition To A Part-Time Worker Society Accelerates As Part-Time Jobs Hit Record,” Zero Hedge


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