It was déjà vu in the U.S. labor market last week.
According to statistics released by the U.S. Department of Labor Thursday, first-time claims for unemployment benefits remained flat.
The weekly report showed 212,000 claims filed during the week ending April 13. That’s the same number of workers who applied the previous week.
According to Business Insider, economists had actually expected that number to rise.
The Labor Department said the less volatile four-week moving average also remained unchanged from the previous week’s revised average at 214,500.
