{"id":616855,"date":"2026-06-11T13:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=616855"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:08:26","slug":"us-initial-jobless-claims-jump-to-4-month-highs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=616855","title":{"rendered":"US Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">US Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to 229k last week (more than the 220k expected) and the highest in four months&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmF1E1.jpg?itok=k9kuHYx8\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmF1E1.jpg?itok=k9kuHYx8\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6f496434-c596-4124-9c1f-ba62b916fee9\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"326\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfmF1E1.jpg?itok=k9kuHYx8\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania, California, and Minnesota are the states seeing the largest rise in claims last week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/get_attachment_url%20%2816%29_8.jpg?itok=_yCPDIwe\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/get_attachment_url%20%2816%29_8.jpg?itok=_yCPDIwe\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"21829d1f-bf46-42ad-bf97-c07459b10b6a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"507\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/get_attachment_url%20%2816%29_8.jpg?itok=_yCPDIwe\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing jobless claims also rose last week to 1.795mm Americans &#8211; highest in two months, but still relatively low in the context of the last two years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm771B.jpg?itok=H601M-wv\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm771B.jpg?itok=H601M-wv\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8685016d-6da7-42ef-87ca-0518f5659f90\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"325\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfm771B.jpg?itok=H601M-wv\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that <strong>while initial jobless claims are rising, they remain low by historical standards and continue to run below year-ago levels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-11_06-06-52.jpg?itok=0wVwhpS4\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-11_06-06-52.jpg?itok=0wVwhpS4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6fad8316-4dbf-4c28-9802-aaa34ccdbcf2\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"283\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-06-11_06-06-52.jpg?itok=0wVwhpS4\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taken together with the May payrolls report, the data suggest that labor-market momentum remains firm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Thu, 06\/11\/2026 &#8211; 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