Source: Yahoo! Finance
“US stocks fell on Thursday as Wall Street digested an unexpected decline in jobless claims, and gross domestic product (GDP) data. The US economy grew more rapidly than expected in the second quarter of the year, expanding at an annual rate of 3.8%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) said. This was up from a previous estimate of 3.3% and equates to quarterly growth of around 0.95%. It follows a contraction of 0.6% (annualised) in January to March. … Jobless claims in the US unexpectedly fell to 218,000 in the week to 20 September, down from 232,000 the previous week, according to data from the Department of Labour released Thursday morning. The 218,000 initial unemployment insurance claims were also lower than the 221,000 claims in the same week last year.” (09/25/25)