November 20, 2003

Jobless Claims Down Again

Good economic news for the President. This from Reuters:

First-time applications for unemployment aid fell 15,000 to 355,000 in the week ended Nov. 15, the Labor Department said, well below the 365,000 expected by Wall Street economists.

"These are good numbers," said Gary Thayer, chief economist for A.G. Edwards and Sons. "It suggests that the labor markets are improving and that the economy is, indeed, getting a little bit healthier."

How will Bush bashers spin this to make it sound like the economic sky is still falling?

"U.S. Jobless Claims Fell 15,000 Last Week"