Unemployment benefit claims fall to lowest level since March 2020

The United States Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits they fell by 193,000 in the week ended April 10 to 576,000, less than the 700,000 expected. It is the lowest level since March of last year.

Regarding the continued orders a rise of 4,000 was registered in the week ended April 3 to 3,731,000, a figure higher than the 3.7 million expected by the market consensus. This is the first weekly increase after several consecutive weeks of decreases.

At the same time, there was a sharp rise in retail sales for March. The dollar it was not favored by the data. Later, the industrial production report and the NAHB index of the real estate market will be known.

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