The U.S. has fallen further down in global ranking of the world’s most competitive economies, landing at fifth place because of our huge deficits and declining public faith in our government! Find out which countries beat out the U.S. here:
Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 471,000 last week, up by 25,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. It was the first increase in five weeks and the biggest jump since a gain of 40,000 in February
Hey, at least it's some kind of positive sign!
Hopefully this is a sign that the market is improving.
