Numbers: Good & Not So Good

Published September 25, 2014 1:33pm ET



First time claims are looking good. As Jeffry Bartash at Maket Watch reports:

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose by 12,000 to 293,000, but initial claims continue to hover near an eight-year bottom amid a very low rate of layoffs, new government data showed. 

Meanwhile, as Reuters reports:

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