Jobless claims rise 'unexpectedly,' mfg. index drops 'more than expected', auto sales lower than 'expected'

• 7/1, "Red Ink for Stocks on Economic Worries," Wall Street Journal,
• 7/1, "Auto Makers see no signs of Expected Recovery," Reuters

"...the Labor Department said the number of U.S. workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits

• unexpectedly

increased in the week ended June 26....

• U.S. pending-home sales plunged 30% in May...

and...the Institute for Supply Management's June manufacturing index dropped

• more than expected."...

"U.S. auto sales slipped in June from the previous month and major automakers said there was

• no sign of the second-half recovery the battered industry

• had expected

at the start of the year."...