Last week's new unemployment insurance claims in the United States were reported to be below expert expectations.

A worker assembles a vehicle at the Hyundai Motor Group's eco-friendly vehicle-exclusive factory, Metaplant America, located in Ellaville, Georgia, USA. /Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group

The U.S. Department of Labor reported on the 27th that new unemployment insurance claims from the 16th to the 22nd recorded 224,000, a decrease of 1,000 compared to the previous week.

The expert forecast compiled by Dow Jones was 226,000.

The number of continued unemployment claims, which filed for more than two weeks, was recorded at 1.856 million from the 9th to the 15th, showing a decrease of 25,000 compared to the previous week.