August 12, 2021

Initial Jobless Claims (week ended 8/7/2021)

- Initial Claims seasonally adjusted  375,000. Previous was 385,000

- Initial Claims unadjusted, totaled 320,517 a decrease of 5,198  from the previous week 

- 4-Week Moving Average seasonally adjusted  396.250. Previous was  394,500

Total receiving regular state UI decreased by 342,689

Total receiving Pandemic UI decreased by  336,195 

Total receiving Emergency Pandemic UI decreased by 393,638 

Total receiving any UI decreased by 919,593

Source:  Labor Department   Details: https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pd

 

PPI  (July 2021)

- PPI-FD month/month    1.0%. Previous was 1.0%

- PPI-FD year/year        7.8%. Previous was 7.3%

- Ex-Food & Energy month/month    1.0%. Previous was 1.0%

- Ex-Food & Energy year/year        1.0%. Previous was +1.0%

- Ex-Food, Energy & Trade Services month/month    0.9%. Previous was 0.5%

- Ex-Food, Energy & Trade Services year/year    6.1%. Previous was +6.1%

This is inflation at the wholesale level.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)   Details:  https://www.bls.gov/ppi/