The job market remains stable, with the number of initial jobless claims in the United States falling last week after a surge.

According to the Wise Finance APP, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States last week has decreased, reversing the previous week's sharp increase, indicating that the labor market situation remained stable in December. Data released on Thursday showed that the seasonally adjusted number of initial jobless claims in the United States fell by 13,000 to 224,000 people for the week ending December 13, slightly lower than the economists' forecast of 225,000. The number of continuing jobless claims in the week ending December 6 was 1.897 million, market expectations were 1.93 million. The four-week average of initial jobless claims for the week ending December 13 was 217,500 people.