The US recorded 200,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It was reported this Thursday (7) that the country registered 200,000 new unemployment benefit claims in the week ending May 2. The result came in below the market projection (205,000 claims), but represents an increase of 10,000 claims compared to the previous week, when 190,000 applications were registered (revised figure from 189,000). The four-week moving average fell to 203,250 claims, a decrease of 4,500 claims compared to the previous reading (revised figure from 207,500 to 207,750). The insured unemployment rate remained stable at 1.2% in the week ending April 25. In the same period, continuous claims totaled 1.766 million, a decrease of 10,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week (from 1.785 to 1.776 million). The four-week moving average of continuing claims fell to 1.789 million, a decrease of 5,250 claims.

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