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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Jun 08, 2023

Actual

261K

Forecast

235K

233K

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
Jun 15, 2023	14:30			261K
Jun 08, 2023	14:30	261K	235K	233K
Jun 01, 2023	14:30	232K	235K	230K
May 25, 2023	14:30	229K	250K	225K
May 18, 2023	14:30	242K	254K	264K
May 11, 2023	14:30	264K	245K	242K

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