Initial jobless claims come in at 214,000 for the week of December 20
December 24, 2025 • 2m 9s
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Co-anchor)
00:00.150
the
CME
with
the
news
and
the
number
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
00:03.830
yes
jobless
claims
for
the
week
of
december
twentieth
and
that's
ending
december
twentieth
on
initial
claims
two
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
well
below
the
two
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
we
were
expecting
two
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
would
be
the
lowest
since
well
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
00:19.310
the
last
week
in
november
when
it
was
one
hundred
and
ninety
two
thousand
and
that
was
the
lowest
going
back
to
twenty
two
at
one
eighty
nine
which
was
the
lowest
since
the
nineteen
sixties
so
we
are
definitely
under
two
twenty
five
ish
are
considered
ultra
low
and
if
we
look
at
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
00:36.070
continuing
claims
after
a
couple
of
weeks
of
being
under
one
point
nine
million
they
pop
back
over
one
million
nine
hundred
and
twenty
three
thousand
of
course
the
last
time
we
were
above
that
would
be
third
week
in
november
third
week
in
november
but
what
is
interesting
is
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
00:52.870
having
those
two
weekly
numbers
under
one
point
nine
million
the
first
time
we've
been
under
one
point
nine
million
since
april
and
the
reason
i
find
all
of
this
so
curious
is
because
we
are
now
all
questioning
in
a
significant
way
some
of
the
seasonality
issues
to
make
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
01:07.830
adjustments
to
these
numbers
and
it
takes
a
while
to
get
the
GPS
back
and
that
is
a
bit
disturbing
it's
not
like
thanksgiving
and
holidays
don't
occur
every
year
but
the
process
is
a
bit
cumbersome
and
we
even
learned
during
covad
that
seasonality
and
seasonal
adjustments
can
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
01:23.310
really
kind
of
play
havoc
with
the
numbers
suffice
it
to
say
that
many
now
believe
the
wall
street
journal
did
an
article
about
this
andrew
and
joe
about
a
week
ago
that
some
of
the
generous
welfare
programs
might
be
kind
of
distorting
the
jobless
claims
figures
keeping
them
a
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
01:38.750
little
bit
more
depressed
on
straight
side
here
we
hover
at
four
sixteen
that's
down
a
basis
point
for
tens
the
notable
trade
of
late
has
been
in
foreign
exchange
dollar
index
on
pace
for
the
worst
year
since
twenty
seventeen
much
of
that
though
was
the
premium
put
in
it
during
Rick Santelli (On-air editor)
01:55.190
covic
but
nonetheless
if
it
closed
at
levels
it's
currently
trading
at
right
now
be
a
three
month
low
close
andrew
joe
the
whole
gang
back
to
you
and
merry
christmas
from
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Co-anchor)
02:06.670
merry
christmas
to
you
rick
santelli
thank
you
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