Economic Data for Thursday, March 30, 2000
Weekly Jobless Claims = +3k to 266k
dol.gov
In the week ending March 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 266,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 263,000. The 4-week moving average was 268,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average of 270,250.
Final Q4 GDP = +7.3%
Price Deflator = +1.9%
bea.doc.gov
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 1999, according to revised estimates released by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 5.7 percent. |
