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“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucius Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending September 6, 2025, came in at 263,000, versus the adjusted number of 236,000 people from […]
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”– Eric Hoffer Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending August 30, 2025 came in at 237,000, versus the adjusted number of 229,000 people from the week prior, up 8,000 people week over week. • Continuing jobless claims came […]
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”– Eric Hoffer Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending August 28, 2025 came in at 229,000, versus the adjusted number of 234,000 people from the week prior, down 5,000 people week over week. • Continuing jobless claims came […]
“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.“ – Louis D. Brandeis Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending August 23, 2025 came in at 235,000, versus the adjusted number of 224,000 people from the week prior, up 11,000 people week […]
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.” – Carl Rogers Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending August 9, 2025, came in at 224,000, down 3,000 people week over week. • Continuing jobless claims came in at 1,953,000, versus […]
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”– Alexandre Dumas Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending August 2, 2025, came in at 226,000, up 7,000 people week over week. • Continuing jobless claims came in at 1,974,000, versus the adjusted number of 1,936,000 people from […]
“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” Hannah Arendt Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending July 26, 2025, came in at 218,000, up 1,000 people week over week. • Continuing jobless claims came in at 1,946,000, […]
“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter […]
“I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.”– Ella Maillart Jobs Update Stocks closed mixed on Friday of last week and mixed week-over-week The DOW closed lower on Friday of last week, down -142.3 points (-0.32%), closing out the week at 44,342.19, down […]
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Jobs Update Stocks closed lower on Friday of last week and lower week-over-week The DOW closed lower on Friday of last week, down -279.13 points (0.63%), closing out the week at 44,371.51, down -457.02 points week-over-week. The S&P 500 closed lower on […]