Updated: 27-Mar-25 09:29 ET

Initial Claims for the Week Ended Mar 22

Updated: 27-Mar-25 09:29 ET

Highlights

• Initial jobless claims for the week ending March 22 decreased 1,000 to 224,000 (Briefing.com consensus 225,000).
• Continuing jobless claims for the week ending March 15 decreased 25,000 to 1.856 million.

Key Factors

• The four-week moving average for initial claims decreased by 4,750 to 224,000.
• The four-week moving average for continuing claims increased by 2,250 to 1,870,000.
• The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending March 8 was 2,152,117, a decrease of 30,148 from the previous week and compared to 2,037,093 in the comparable week a year ago.

Big Picture

• The key takeaway from the report is that initial jobless claims -- a leading indicator -- continue to idle at levels consistent with an otherwise solid labor market.

Category	Mar 22	Mar 15	Mar 8	Mar 1	Feb 22
Initial Claims	224K	225K	223K	222K	242K
4-Wk Moving Avg	224K	228K	227K	225K	224K
Continued Benefits		1856K	1881K	1859K	1897K
4-Wk Moving Avg		1873K	1873K	1870K	1866K