US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 187K

There were 187,000 initial jobless claims in the US in the week ending on 19 March, less than the 212,000 expected and below the week prior, when there were 215,000 claims (revised up from 214,000), data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. The four-week moving average of initial claims thus fell to 211,750 from 223,250 the week before.