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- U.S.: Jobless claims drop, checks from the federal government keep rising - Wells Fargo
U.S.: Jobless claims drop, checks from the federal government keep rising - Wells Fargo
FXStreet notes that the U.S. weekly jobless claims report showed better-than-expected numbers in both, initial and continuing claims. Analysts at Wells Fargo explain that the number of people on regular continuing claims fell to 4.14 million in the last week of February, but the take-up for total federal unemployment benefit programs grew in the week of February 20.
“Initial jobless claims fell to 712K in the first week of March. This is spitting distance from the post-pandemic low of 711K set in November, but still higher than any reading before COVID, just as it has been in each of the past 51 weeks. The outturn was better than the 725K figure expected by the consensus, however.”
“Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) offers an extension of unemployment benefits after the initial 13-week claims period is exhausted. Through the week of February 20, there were 5.5 million people filing continuing claims for these benefits.”
“The number of people getting unemployment checks from the federal government continues to grow even as regular state continuing claims figures fall.”
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