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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Mar 04, 2021

Actual

745K

Forecast

750K

736K

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.

Importance:

Country:

Currency: USD

Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Mar 11, 2021	14:30			745K
Mar 04, 2021	14:30	745K	750K	736K
Feb 25, 2021	14:30	730K	838K	841K
Feb 18, 2021	14:30	861K	765K	848K
Feb 11, 2021	14:30	793K	757K	812K
Feb 04, 2021	14:30	779K	830K	812K

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