Huge Drop In First Time Claims! The Political Page, T+244 -- September 21, 2017

Jobs: first time unemployment claims --

• prior: 284K (a 14K drop from the previous report)
• forecast today: 303K (range: 274K to 325K)
• forecast today: at 304K, that would be a 20K jump
• first time unemployment claims surged by 62,000 after Hurricane Harvey, up to 298,000, a five-year high
• prior revised: 282K (a 16K drop from the previous report)
• actual: 259K (a drop of 23,000)) -- huge