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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Sep 25, 2025

Actual

218K

Forecast

233K

232K

Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of people who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. This is the most timely U.S. economic data, but the market impact varies from week to week.
A reading that is higher than forecast is generally negative (bearish) for the USD, while a lower than forecast reading is generally supportive (bullish) for the USD.

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Currency: USD

Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Oct 23, 2025	14:30		223K	218K
Sep 25, 2025	14:30	218K	233K	232K
Sep 18, 2025	14:30	231K	241K	264K
Sep 11, 2025	14:30	263K	235K	236K
Sep 04, 2025	14:30	237K	230K	229K
Aug 28, 2025	14:30	229K	231K	234K

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