Initial Claims - Uneventful Print
Initial jobless claims rose 3k last week to 370k, though was flat after the 3k upward revision to last week's data. Rolling claims fell 4.75k to 375k. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, claims fell 18.3k to 323k. Last week we profiled the year-over-year trend in rolling NSA claims as a barometer for avoiding the inherent seasonal distortions. That analysis showed that claims were still improving at roughly at 10% YoY rate. This morning's data point continues that trend.
2-10 Spread Breaks Down Further
The 2-10 spread tightened another 8 bps versus last week to 148 bps as of yesterday. The ten-year bond yield fell 6 bps to 177 bps.
Financial Subsector Performance
The table below shows the stock performance of each Financial subsector over four durations.
Joshua Steiner, CFA
Allison Kaptur
Robert Belsky
