€d_artsel schreef op 8 november 2012 14:49:
though the
figures were skewed by Superstorm Sandy, which shut down state governments and displaced thousands in the Northeast.
A Labor Department analyst said one
state processed fewer claims due to power outages at state offices, but other
affected states saw an increase in those seeking benefits due to the storm. The analyst said the
storm will likely disrupt claims data for the next "several weeks," as is typical with major disasters.
The four-week moving average of claims, which smoothes out volatile weekly data,
increased by 3,250 to 370,500. Claims for the week ending Oct. 27 were unrevised at 363,000.