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Canadian Imperial Bank (CM – Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.57 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.49 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.4 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

US initial jobless claims fell sharply by -27k to 191k in the week ending November 29, far below expectations of 220k, and marking the lowest level since September 2022. The four-week moving average also by -9k eased to 215k. Continuing claims slipped modestly by -4k to 1.939 million in the week ending November 22. Their […]

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The Chicago Fed releases a real-time unemployment forecast and sees as slight improvement in November at 4.44% vs 4.46% in October. The survey highlights how they’ve had to adjust due to the lack of non-farm payrolls.

“To estimate the November 2025 unemployment rate probabilities, we made
an adjustment to account for the cancellation of the November 7th
release of BLS data for October,” the report said.

Note that the distribution of probabilities is tilted higher.

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.

According to a report from the US Department of Labour (DOL) released on Thursday, the number of US citizens submitting new applications for unemployment insurance went down to 191K for the week ending November 29.

United States Continuing Jobless Claims: 1.939M (November 21) vs previous 1.96M

• Prior week 216K
• initial jobless claims 191K. This is the lowest level for initial claims since September 24, 2022 when
  it was 189,000. The claims is for the week of November 29.
• The 4-week moving
  average was 214,750, a decrease of 9,500 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was
  revised up by 500 from 223,750 to 224,250
• Continuing claims 1.939 million versus 1.961 million estimate
• The 4-week moving
  average was 1,945,250, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was
  revised down by 4,250 from 1,955,750 to 1,951,500.

The data for the initial jobs claims may be influenced by the Thanksgiving day holiday.. For the continuing claims it is for the week of November 22. Thanksgiving was on November 27. Nevertheless, the data is definitely near the lows suggesting there does not seem to be a lot of laying off.

Low hire. Low fire.

Yields are moving higher. The USD moved higher as well. The EURUSD and GBPUSD moved to new lows. The USDCAD moved up to test the 100 hour MA.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

United States Initial Jobless Claims registered at 191K, below expectations (220K) in November 28

United States Initial Jobless Claims 4-week average down to 214.75K in November 28 from previous 223.75K

The Euro (EUR) weakens against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Thursday as the Yen outperforms major peers, buoyed by growing speculation that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) could raise interest rates at its upcoming December 19 monetary policy meeting.

TXN completed a zigzag correction from the July 2025 high, finishing right inside the blue-box support area where new buying interest emerged. The stock has since launched into a strong rally from that zone, putting buyers solidly in profit.