Less Is More

Published July 11, 2013 1:06pm EST | Updated November 2, 2023 11:26pm EST



 

The AP tweets that initial claims for unemployment benefits are up.  (You can, incidentally, be sure that this news was “unexpected.”)  But the numbers come with a little editorial kicker:

BREAKING: US unemployment benefit applications rise to 360K, a level consistent with steady job gains.

Welcome to the endless summer of recovery.