The weekly number of applications for unemployment benefits in the United States fell last week to 180,000, below the 185, 000 the previous week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Thursday.
The average number of applications in four weeks, a measure that offsets the weekly ups and downs, was located at 179,750 after reaching 177,500 the previous week.
BLS indicated that in the week that At the end of 16 April, there were 1.4 million people receiving this social benefit, a figure similar to that of the previous week.
The number of requests for unemployment benefits, which jumped to 6.8 million in the last week of March 2020 pushed by the Covid-pandemic 19, has been gradually declining since the beginning of March ado for the first time in two years was under 170,000.
The unemployment rate in March was 3.6%, the lowest since the start of the pandemic.
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