About 214,000 Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week

The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that about 214,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on March 12th. That was a slight decrease from the previous week.

Here is the official statement from the Labor Department:

In the week ending Ma rch 12, the a dva nce figure for sea sonally a djusted initial claims wa s 214,000, a decrease of 15,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 227,000 to 229,000. The 4-week moving a vera ge wa s 223,000, a decrea se of 8,750 from the previous week's revised a vera ge. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 231,250 to 231,750.