Pretty good news today, with initial unemployment claims falling to 372K, a drop of 15,000, from last weeks (adjusted upward) claims, with the 4-week moving average falling to the lowest number since July 2008 (!), 373,250, with continuing claims falling, though emergency claims rose slightly.

Additionally, the ADP survey, (same link) indicates a 325,000 increase in private sector jobs, though I’ll wait for tomorrow’s NFP numbers for the official word.

We also saw the ISM’s manufacturing index grew strongly and the non-manufacturing index rose modestly.

All in all, it’s pretty good news, I’m just wondering how much government jobs have hemorrhaged over the past month.