Economic Data for Thursday, June 29, 2000
Weekly Jobless Claims = +2k to 306k
dol.gov
In the week ending June 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 306,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 304,000. The 4-week moving average was 305,250, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average of 301,250.
Q1 GDP Final = 5.5%
Price Deflator = 3.0%
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 5.5 percent in the first quarter of 2000, according to revised estimates released by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 7.3 percent. |
