The US recorded 202,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) The government reported on Thursday (April 2nd) that the country registered 202,000 new unemployment benefit claims in the week ending March 28th. This result was below the market projection of 212,000 claims and lower than the revised figure for the previous week, which was 211,000. The four-week moving average fell to 207,750 claims, a decrease of 3,000 compared to the previous reading. The unemployment rate remained at 1.2% in the week ending March 21st, unchanged from the previous period. During the same period, continuing claims totaled 1.841 million, an increase of 25,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week (1.816 million). On the other hand, the four-week moving average of continuing claims fell to 1.838 million, a decrease of 7,500 claims.

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