Jobless claims up 11k to 444K for the week, but the major news is that continuing claims dropped by nearly 200,000 from 4.8 million to 4.6 million.
In other words, ten of thousands of Americans fell off the unemployment benefits cliff last week. Retail sales were down in December.
2010 is when the pain really starts, folks.
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