The US recorded 210,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) The government reported on Thursday (March 26) that the country registered 210,000 new unemployment benefit claims in the week ending March 21. This result was below the market projection of 211,000 claims, but above the 205,000 claims registered in the previous week. The four-week moving average fell to 210,500 claims, a decrease of 250 claims compared to the previous reading of 210,750. The unemployment rate remained at 1.2% in the week ending March 14, unchanged from the previous period. In the same interval, continuing claims totaled 1.819 million, a decrease of 32,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week (1.851 million). The four-week moving average of continuing claims fell to 1.847 million, a decrease of 2,000 claims.

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