August 19, 2021

Initial Jobless Claims (week ended 8/14/2021)

- Initial Claims seasonally adjusted  348,000. Previous was 377,000

- Initial Claims unadjusted, totaled 308,574  a decrease of 14,469  from previous 

- 4-Week Moving Average seasonally adjusted  377,750. Previous was  396,750,

Total receiving regular state UI decreased by 78,737 

Total receiving Pandemic UI decreased by  336,195 

Total receiving Emergency Pandemic UI increased by 56,881  

Total receiving any UI decreased by 311,787  

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

 

Leading Economic Indicators  (July 2021)

- Month over Month  +0.9%. Previous was +0.7%

This is based on 10 forward looking indicators.

Source:  Conference Board  Details:  https://conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1