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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Aug 11, 2022

Actual

262K

Forecast

263K

248K

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
Aug 18, 2022	14:30		265K	262K
Aug 11, 2022	14:30	262K	263K	248K
Aug 04, 2022	14:30	260K	259K	254K
Jul 28, 2022	14:30	256K	253K	261K
Jul 21, 2022	14:30	251K	240K	244K
Jul 14, 2022	14:30	244K	235K	235K

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