The US recorded 219,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It was reported this Thursday (9) that the country registered 219,000 new unemployment benefit claims in the week ending April 4. The result came above the market projection of 210,000 claims, and above the revised result of the previous week, of 203,000 requests. The four-week moving average fell to 209,500 claims, an increase of 1,500 requests compared to the previous reading. The insured unemployment rate remained at 1.2% in the week ending March 28, unchanged from the previous period. In the same interval, continuous claims totaled 1.794 million, a decrease of 38,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week (1.832 million). On the other hand, the four-week moving average of continuous claims fell to 1.823 million, a decrease of 13,250 requests.

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