The US recorded 199,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It was reported this Thursday (6) that the country registered 199,000 new unemployment benefit claims in the week ending August 1st. The result came in below the 203,000 requests expected by the market, but represents an increase of 1,000 requests compared to the previous week (revised figure from 197,000 to 198,000). On the other hand, the four-week moving average fell to 198,750 requests, a decrease of 4,500 requests compared to the previous reading (revised from 202,750 to 203,250). The insured unemployment rate remained stable at 1.2% in the week ending July 25th. In the same period, continuous claims totaled 1.801 million, an increase of 24,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week. The previous figure was adjusted from 1.782 million to 1.777 million.

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