[Wyatt's Torch]

The gap between claims and UE is interesting. Signs of tightening though:

[expat_panama]

Big gap. The drop in claims is definately a leading indicator for unemployment rates —lending credence to the ‘paying-people-not-to-work’ meme. My suspicion is that we’re looking at a higher than average long term unemployment exceeding compensation limits. Also, iirc it was 2010-2011 when the duration got cut too.