The number of initial jobless claims in the United States remained low last week, indicating that the job market is still in a "low hiring, low firing" pattern.

According to the Securities Times app, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States remained at a relatively low level last week, indicating that business layoff scale is still limited. Data released on Thursday showed that the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending July 4 was 215,000, lower than the market's generally expected 218,000 and the revised previous value of 217,000; The number of continued jobless claims in the week ending June 27 was 1.814 million, lower than the market's generally expected 1.815 million, but higher than the revised previous value of 1.806 million; The four-week moving average for initial jobless claims for the week ending July 4 was 218,800, lower than the revised previous value of 222,500.