The US recorded 189,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It reported, this Thursday (30), that the country registered 189 thousand new requests for unemployment benefits in the week ending April 25.

The result came in below market projections (213,000 orders) and represents a drop of 26,000 orders compared to the previous week, when 215,000 requests were registered (revised figure from 214,000).

The four-week moving average rose to 207,500 claims, a decrease of 3,500 claims compared to the previous reading (revised from 210,000 to 211,000).

The insured unemployment rate remained stable at 1.2% in the week ending April 18.

During the same period, continuing claims totaled 1.785 million, down 23,000 from the previous week's revised level (from 1.821 million to 1.808 million). The four-week moving average of continuing claims fell to 1.797 million, a decrease of 11,750 claims.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.