US Jobless Claims Hold Unchanged

2026-03-05 13:37 By Andre Joaquim 1 min. read

Initial jobless claims in the US were unchanged from the previous week at 213,000 on the last week of February, slightly under market expectations of 215,000 to remain firmly below averages from the last two years.

In turn, continuing jobless claims, which serve s a proxy for outstanding unemployment in the US, rose by 46,000 in the earlier week to 1,868,000, ahead of market expectations of 1,850,000.

The data continued to reflect stability in the US labor market despite amid a low-firing backdrop in combination with slowing hiring.

Initial claims filed by federal employees, which have been under scrutiny as markets measure he impact of government shutdowns, fell by 25 to 529.



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