So says the DOL: In the week ending Aug. 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 473,000, a decrease of 31,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 504,000. The 4-week moving average was 486,750, an increase of 3,250 from the previous week's revised average of 483,500. Notice the revision - revised up 4,000. So yeah, it was down, but not as much. But again, I'm interested in everyone on these programs, and here the trend is decidedly the wrong way: