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週間の新規失業保険申請件数は増加、継続申請件数は予想通り

-- 米国の週間失業保険申請件数は予想以上に増加した一方、継続受給者数はウォール街の予想とほぼ一致したことが、木曜日に発表された政府データで明らかになった。 労働省によると、4月18日までの週の季節調整済み新規失業保険申請件数は、前週の平均値(1,000件上方修正)から6,000件増加し、214,000件となった。ブルームバーグの世論調査では、市場予想は210,000件だった。 4週間移動平均は210,750件で、前週の修正平均値から750件増加した。 ジェフリーズの米国担当チーフエコノミスト、トーマス・サイモンズ氏は木曜日のメモで、「イラン紛争が米国の労働市場に大きな混乱をもたらす可能性は低いとの見方は変わらない」と述べた。 「世界経済には、あらゆる種類の商品の潜在的な不足により、短期的にリスクにさらされる脆弱な点が数多く存在する。しかし、良くも悪くも、米国経済は世界で最も影響を受けにくい経済となる可能性が高い。」 4月11日までの週の季節調整済み継続失業保険申請件数は182万件に達し、市場予想とほぼ一致した。労働省によると、継続失業保険申請件数は前週比1万2000件増加した。4週間移動平均は1250件増加し、約181万件となった。 「継続失業保険申請件数はここ数カ月、ほぼギザギザのパターンで推移しているが、その傾向は2025年後半から2024年初頭にかけての水準よりも低い」とサイモンズ氏は述べた。 ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は今週初め、イランとの停戦を延長したが、イランの港湾に対する海上封鎖は継続すると述べた。ワシントンとテヘランの間で行われる第2回協議の現状は依然として不透明だ。

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