Decrease in Unemployment Claims in the USA
There was a decrease in unemployment claims in the USA. Weekly unemployment pension applications in the country fell by 89 thousand to 803 thousand.
According to the data released by the
Ministry of Labor, weekly unemployment pension applications fell by 89 thousand in the week ending on December 19, and fell at the level of 803 thousand.
The median estimation of the economists who participated in the survey prepared by Bloomberg was that the applications were realized at the level of 880 thousand.
Ongoing applications dropped from 5.5 million to 5.33 million in the week ending on December 12.
On the other hand, the data of the previous week, increased by 7 thousand and rearranged as 892 thousand. At the beginning of November, before the number of cases increased again in the epidemic, the
applications had decreased to the level of 711 thousand.