New jobless claims continue to fall

Steve Benen produced this informative graph showing that the rate of new jobless claims before and after the Obama stimulus took effect:

Jobless claims have fallen since stimulus took effect

Yesterday’s number was one of the lowest since 2008, before the Great Recession began.

See Steve Benen’s post for more information.



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