Last week American unemployment claims rose to the highest levels seen since June. Unemployment claims went from 11,000 to 315,000 greatly exceeding Bloomberg?s projected value of 300,000. This comes as a surprise after 142,000 workers were added to employer payrolls last month. Even with this increase in unemployment claims, the U.S. unemployment rate still remains 6.1%.
See "U.S. Jobless Claims Hit Two-Month High, Breaking Steady Decline", Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg News, September 10, 2014