The US recorded 197,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It reported, this Thursday (30), that the country registered 197 thousand new requests for unemployment benefits in the week ending July 25.

The result came in below the 201,000 applications expected by the market, but represents an increase of 9,000 applications compared to the previous week (revised figure from 187,000 to 188,000).

On the other hand, the four-week moving average fell to 202,750 applications, a decrease of 5,000 applications compared to the previous reading (revised from 207,500 to 207,750).

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

During the same period, continuing claims totaled 1.782 million, a decrease of 7,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week. The previous figure was adjusted from 1.796 million to 1.789 million.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.