Thumbs Down: DOL reports Unemployment Claims Surged by 11,000 last week. We need jobs. We need jobs. We need jobs.

In the week ending September 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 428,000, an increase of 11,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 417,000. The 4-week moving average was 419,500, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average of 415,500.

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