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You. the labor department just releasing brand-new weekly jobless numbers. 372,000 first-time unemployment claims were filed last week. that is higher than the week before. of course, it was a holiday week. what's it all mean? eric bolling joins us live. >> pretty good number. last week was a great number, 350. below 350, that's good. the lower the initial jobless claims, the better the economy seems to be doing. you have to look at it over a four-week moving average and this will probably bring the number into the 365 to 375 range over four weeks in the right direction. typically means good t...

From the labor d., and the number of americans filing for first-time unemployment rising to 372,000 in the last week of 2012. one number we try to look at is 375, 350,000, below those numbers is what you'd like to see to see some longer-term job growth. it's something that we're kind of bouncing in between, so we're going to continue to watch this number. adp, a company that prints paychecks, released their monthly report suggesting it actually went up in december, so that's a good sign. again, one report or from one private company showing 215,000 private jobs added. we'll ask about whether o...

Stuart varney is host of "varney & company" on the fox business network and he joins us now with a little more insight. hi, stu. >> heather if you thought everything was fine and dandy because we got past the fiscal cliff think again. i have three items right off the bat. number one, we got a new warning of the possible downgrade of america's financial standing, our financial standing in the world. we got a downgrade warning from mood is did. apparently we have not properly addressed our debt situation in the fiscal cliff deal. item two, everybody today who works are paying a more in tax. that...

>> gretchen: fox business alert. the labor department releasing brand-new weekly jobless numbers. 374,000 first-time unemployment claims filed last week. that's up a tick from 372,000 the week before and more than expected. the expectation was 370,000. we're joined by bill o'reilly who is now going to become an economist for us and give us his point of view on the weekly unemployment numbers. >> here is my point of view, i don't care about the unemployment numbers. none of that sounds harsh. but it's the same every month. we're not doing well. i think in the four years from now, the republican...

Federal reserve hinted it may fake more steps to stimulate the economy. that's driving the price of gas higher, too. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.27. a disappointing new development on the jobs front. today the weekly jobless claims rising for a second straight week. 372,000 americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits, a jump of 4,000 claims from a week before and a stubborn reminder of the fragile economic recovery. hours after those unemployment numbers came out the white housr president obama is doing enough to head off what looks like a coming economic crisis...