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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Jul 24, 2025

Actual

217K

Forecast

227K

221K

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
Jul 31, 2025	14:30
Jul 24, 2025	14:30	217K	227K	221K
Jul 17, 2025	14:30	221K	233K	228K
Jul 10, 2025	14:30	227K	236K	232K
Jul 03, 2025	14:30	233K	240K	237K
Jun 26, 2025	14:30	236K	244K	246K

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