The US recorded 187,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It reported, this Thursday (23), that the country registered 187 thousand new requests for unemployment benefits in the week ending July 18.

The result came in below the 211,000 applications expected by the market, and represents a decrease of 22,000 applications compared to the previous week (revised figure from 208,000 to 209,000).

The four-week moving average fell to 207,500 claims, a decrease of 7,250 claims compared to the previous reading (revised from 214,250 to 214,750).

The insured unemployment rate remained stable at 1.2% in the week ending July 11.

During the same period, continuing claims totaled 1.796 million, a decrease of 2,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week. The previous figure was adjusted from 1.805 million to 1.798 million.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.