Oh, does this mean the end of QEForever before it begins?  Naw....

In the week ending December 8, the advance figure for  seasonally adjusted initial claims was 343,000, a decrease of 29,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 372,000. The 4-week moving average was 381,500, a decrease of 27,000 from the previous week's revised average of 408,500.

Let's have a peek at the big table....

Uh...... +683,477?