Estados Unidos Peticiones por desempleo

Initial jobless claims in the United States rose by 2,000 to 223,000 on the second week of March, marginally below market expectations of 224,000, to remain at historically low levels. In the meantime, recurring claims rose by 33,000 in the first week of the month, also in line with market expectations. The results continued to indicate that the US hosts a robust labor market despite the prolonged period of restrictive monetary policy and the pessimistic batch of soft data released during the first quarter of the year. In the meantime, unemployment claims filed under programs for Federal government employees, which have been under close scrutiny due to firings by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), rose by fell by 514 to 1,066. Despite the decrease, reports that many firings by DOGE were done with severance packages prevents employees from claiming benefits immediately after being terminated.