[lbo-talk] Jobless Claims Up Unexpectedly Last Week

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> 
> Jobless Claims Up Unexpectedly Last Week
> 
> 
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing
> first-time claims for jobless benefits rose
> unexpectedly last week but remained at a level
> suggesting layoffs were easing, a government report
> showed on Thursday.

This is in times when businesses should be hiring for Christmas shopping
frenzy.  I wonder what will happen afterwards.  

While people losing their jobs is certainly NOT a good thing, anything
that undermines Bush's chance of re-election is welcomed. 

Wojtek