Making America Great -- Total Number Of Laid-Off Workers Receiving Unemployment Benefits Falls To Lowest Level In 43 Years -- October 12, 2017

Source: Washington Examiner.

The total number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits fell to 1.89 million at the end of September, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, the lowest such mark in nearly 44 years.

And new claims for unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 to 243,000 in the first full week of October, according to the agency, as the job market bounces back from hurricane damage even faster than forecasters expected.

It goes without saying that President Trump was not mentioned in the article.

From Reuters:

• expected: 251,000
• actual: 243,000
• previous week: revised downward by 2,000
• from the article:

  Underscoring the labor market's underlying strength, claims have now been below the 300,000 threshold, which is associated with a robust labor market, for 136 straight weeks. That is the longest such stretch since 1970, when the labor market was smaller.