More Americans filed claims to collect jobless benefits than expected in the week ended May 25, according to a report from the Labor Department on Thursday.Filing for initial jobless claims, a

Final Real GDP came in at 3.0% for the 4th quarter if 2011. There were benchmark revisions to Initial Jobless Claims with the recent reading at 359,000 the lowest since April 2008. What this means

The Trade Deficit came in at $45.6 billion in August. Initial Jobless Claims came in at 404,000 still well above the 350,000 recessionary threshold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined to