The US Department of Labor announced that as of the week ending March 23, the number of initial jobless claims was 210,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week. The market expected it to be 215,000; the previous value was revised to 212,000.
The 4-week average of initial jobless claims in the US last week was 211,000, a decrease of 750 from the previous week.
As of the week ending March 16, the number of continued jobless claims in the US was 1.819 million, an increase of 24,000 from the previous week, and the market expected it to be 1.815 million.
