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Predicted. we didn't match the year's best in early january. the first week of this month saw 462,000 people file for unemployment benefits for the first time. following week that dropped to 457,000 and for the week ending march 20, that figure hit 442,000. if it had hit 420,000 the economists would have concluded employers are hiring again. now in the last two years during the third week in march 2008 we saw 36 ,000 first time jobless claims. by last year at this time that number had nearly doubled to 657,000. this morning as i say we see this figure dropping below 450,000. one bright spot, m...

Than the drop that analysts had predicted but we still didn't match the year's best weekly decline which we posted back in early january. let's take a look some 460,000 people. the following week that dropped to 457,000. and for the week that just ended march 20th as you just reported that figure hit 442,000. now let's stack this week against its predecessors in the last two years. during the third week in march, 2008. we saw 367,000 first time jobless claims. by last year at this time, that number had nearly doubled, look at that. 657,000. this morning's figure puts us somewhere in between. s...

Predicted. we didn't match the year's best in early january. the first week of this month saw 462,000 people file for unemployment benefits for the first time. following week that dropped to 457,000 and for the week ending march 20, that figure hit 442,000. if it had hit 420,000 the economists would have concluded employers are hiring again. now in the last two years during the third week in march 2008 we saw 36 ,000 first time jobless claims. by last year at this time that number had nearly doubled to 657,000. this morning as i say we see this figure dropping below 450,000. one bright spot, m...