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US jobs, unemployment benefits down beyond expectations

Last week the reduction was 9 to 423 – Analysts had predicted a slightly more contained drop, of 8 – The total number of workers receiving benefits fell to 727.

US jobs, unemployment benefits down beyond expectations

Good news from the US job market. The number of jobless claims fell more than expected last week, dropping by 423 to XNUMX.

This was reported by the US Department of Labor, specifying that it is the first reduction in the last three weeks. The previous week's figure was revised upwards to 432.000 units from 428 initially calculated. The total number of workers receiving unemployment benefits fell by 28 to 727.

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