Initial unemployment claims
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Four-week average claims percentage change from thirteen weeks earlier.
100 * (MA4_t / MA4_t-13w - 1)HYPOTHESIS-stage interpretation is not production-approved core evidence. Claims are noisy and affected by administration disasters strikes and seasonality.
Definition 2.0.0 · us_initial_claims_accelerationClaims acceleration is a hypothesis-stage labor deterioration signal that requires broader confirmation.
Proposed transform and anchors require point-in-time study.
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