Caroline Krafft
@ckrafftc.bsky.social
Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Development/Labor/Education/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.
Reposted by Caroline Krafft
Switching to weekly UI claims...
220K Americans filed new unemployment insurance claims in the week ending 11/15, similar to prior week's 228K.
Continuing claims also steady.
These have remined steady & are more reliable than corporate layoff announcements in measuring layoffs.
220K Americans filed new unemployment insurance claims in the week ending 11/15, similar to prior week's 228K.
Continuing claims also steady.
These have remined steady & are more reliable than corporate layoff announcements in measuring layoffs.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Switching to weekly UI claims...
220K Americans filed new unemployment insurance claims in the week ending 11/15, similar to prior week's 228K.
Continuing claims also steady.
These have remined steady & are more reliable than corporate layoff announcements in measuring layoffs.
220K Americans filed new unemployment insurance claims in the week ending 11/15, similar to prior week's 228K.
Continuing claims also steady.
These have remined steady & are more reliable than corporate layoff announcements in measuring layoffs.
Reposted by Caroline Krafft
+119K jobs gained last month (mid-Aug to mid-Sept).
-33K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months.
The big picture
-33K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months.
The big picture
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
+119K jobs gained last month (mid-Aug to mid-Sept).
-33K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months.
The big picture
-33K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months.
The big picture
Reposted by Caroline Krafft
Because of the current public uproar, we will (eventually) stop paying the sex-trafficker bff who's pushed sadistic economic policy and spouted racist and misogynistic invective for *decades*
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because of the current public uproar, we will (eventually) stop paying the sex-trafficker bff who's pushed sadistic economic policy and spouted racist and misogynistic invective for *decades*