Number of applications for unemployment benefits in the United States remained at 505 thousand

The number of primary applications for unemployment insurance in the United States remained unchanged compared with the previous week at 505 thousand at present rate is at its lowest level since January of this year, but still falls below 500 thousand, above which it kept for 53 consecutive weeks.
The average value of the index over the past four weeks fell by 6 thousand to 514 thousand number of Americans continuing to receive unemployment benefits decreased by one week to November 7 to 39 thousand to 5.61 million.