Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Will Rising Jobless Claims Trigger a Shift in Interest Rates? #DistributionStrategy

Name: Will Rising Jobless Claims Trigger a Shift in Interest Rates? #DistributionStrategy
Uploaded: 2025-05-05T14:01:23+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: A short conversational transcript from a YouTube video (May 5, 2025) where Tom Burton and another speaker discuss rising jobless claims and the potential…

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A short conversational transcript from a YouTube video (May 5, 2025) where Tom Burton and another speaker discuss rising jobless claims and the potential for the Fed to change interest rate policy. The speakers note a modest rise in initial jobless claims (+6,000) amid recent layoffs and consider whether employment trends could prompt policy action.

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So I think in this setting, it's going to be interesting to watch. And one of the biggest factors that the Fed is going to be looking at is jobless claims. So we had intel with a few thousand people that was announced late with layoffs earlier in the week and lots of other big company layoffs, forgetting about the government employees that are yet being paid for a period of time, but will be looking for jobless benefits before too long. I think we could be in a really interesting place where we could see something being done with interest rates because of of the employment factors.
Yeah. We touched on this quite a bit last week with Alex. Right. The job market's still really strong. So, I mean, this, this article is, you know, jobless claims were up by 6,000. That's not a whole lot to move the needle.