Economic news
10.04.2025

U.S. weekly jobless claims total 223,000

The data from the Labour Department showed on Thursday that the number of applications for unemployment increased in line with expectations last week.  

According to the report, the initial claims for unemployment benefits increased by 4,000 to 223,000 for the week that ended April 5. This marked the first gain in initial claims in three weeks.

Economists had expected 223,000 new claims last week.

Claims for the prior week were left unrevised at 219,000.

Meanwhile, the four-week moving average of jobless claims was unchanged at 223,000, the lowest count since mid-February.

As for continuing claims, they fell to 1,850,000, from a downwardly revised 1,893,000 (from 1,903,000) in the previous week. Economists had predicted continuing jobless claims of 1,880,000.

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