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Fundamental Analysis
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"I don't think there are any signs that the consumer will get derailed in the near or medium term".
- Tony Bedikian, Citizens Bank
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose less than expected, official figures revealed on Thursday. According to the US Department of Labor, the number of claimants jumped 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted rate of 254,000 in the week ended September 24 after touching the lowest level since mid-July in the previous seven days. Meanwhile, market analysts anticipated an increase to 260,000 claims in the week ending September 24, following the preceding week's 251,000. Filings for US unemployment benefits remained below the 300,000 level for the 82nd consecutive week, the longest streak since 1973. The four-week moving average of initial claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends, declined 2,250 to 256,000 last week. Furthermore, so-called continuing claims dropped 46,000 to 2.062 million in the week ended September 17.
According to the final Q2 GDP print released by the Department of Commerce the US economy expanded at an inflation-adjusted 1.4% seasonally adjusted annual rate in the Q2 after growing 0.8% in the Q1. Economists expected the Q2 GDP to increase 1.3%. The US Dollar Index advanced to 95.49 from 95.42 ahead of the release.
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