The US recorded 211,000 new unemployment claims last week.

THE United States Department of Labor (DOL) It was reported this Thursday (May 14th) that the country registered 211,000 new unemployment benefit claims in the week ending May 8th. The result came in above the market projection (205,000 claims), and is an increase of 12,000 claims compared to the previous week, when 199,000 applications were registered (revised figure from 200,000). The four-week moving average advanced to 203,750 claims, an increase of 75,000 claims compared to the previous reading (revised figure from 203,250 to 203,000). The insured unemployment rate advanced to 1.2% in the week ending May 2nd. In the same period, continuous claims totaled 1.782 million, an increase of 24,000 compared to the revised level of the previous week (from 1.766 million to 1.758 million). However, the four-week moving average of continuing claims fell to 1.781 million, a decrease of 6,750 claims.

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