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<p>Initial jobless spiked by a hurricane-sized amount in the latest week.</p> <p>Claims jumped by 62,000 to 298,000 for the week ended September 2, according to <a href="https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf" target="_blank" class="icon pdf" >the government’s latest report</a>. That was the highest level since April of 2015 and the biggest gain since 2012, reports Bloomberg. Claims in Texas, unadjusted, surged by 52,000.</p> <p>The previous week's claims were unrevised at 236,000.</p> <p>Economists were expecting claims to come in at 245,000, so Thursday's number was much more than expected. <strong>Peter Boockvar of The Lindsey Group</strong> writes:</p> <p>The only mystery was why the estimate was only 245k... E6x hurricane, we are still seeing a modest pace of firings while the headline figure will certainly be influenced by Houston and soon to be Florida.</p> <p>The four-week moving average rose to just 250,250, an increase of 13,500 from the prior week.</p>

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