Initial claims and employment growth: are we at the threshold?

Kevin Kliesen, Michael McCracken and Linpeng Zheng

Economic Synopses, 2011, No 41

Abstract: One common threshold is that labor market conditions are improving when weekly unemployment claims fall below 400,000.

Keywords: Labor market; Unemployment; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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