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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (125002)	10/24/2012 9:57:19 PM
From: tejek	2 Recommendations Respond to of 149317

No agenda. I try to see the truth and the facts, because my retirement portfolio depends on it. That is primary concern. I'm not engaged in hopium because I want Obama elected and I'm not engaged in negativism because I want Romney elected. It's all about my portfolio. To make the right calls, I need to understand the big picture minus all the politically biased spin. You look for every tidbit that supports your position. You skip all the positive news and find the news that fits what you seem to hope will happen with the US economy.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (125002)

10/25/2012 8:57:42 AM

From: Sr K

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EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

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Media Contact: (202) 693-4676	October 25, 2012

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending October 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 369,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 392,000. The 4-week moving average was 368,000, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week's revised average of 366,500.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending October 13, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 13 was 3,254,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,256,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,269,750, a decrease of 6,750 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,276,500.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 342,702 in the week ending October 20, a decrease of 20,032 from the previous week. There were 377,156 initial claims in the comparable week in 2011.