Each Thursday, we look at the weekly new claims for unemployment insurance in California for clues as to the direction of the California labor market and economy. We had a dramatic fall for the week ended January 23 which came after a decline the week before from a spike upwards likely due to the coronavirus lockdown. National data - whether on a seasonally adjusted or an unadjusted basis - showed the same trend. The California data are shown below:
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