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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Sep 23, 2021

Actual

351K

Forecast

320K

335K

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
Sep 30, 2021	14:30			351K
Sep 23, 2021	14:30	351K	320K	335K
Sep 16, 2021	14:30	332K	330K	312K
Sep 09, 2021	14:30	310K	335K	345K
Sep 02, 2021	14:30	340K	345K	354K
Aug 26, 2021	14:30	353K	350K	349K

News

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rose for a Second Week By Bloomberg - Sep 23, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, a sign of choppy weekly data as the labor market continues its broad recovery. Initial unemployment claims...

Dow Futures Rise 150 Pts; PMIs. Initial Jobless Claims Due By Investing.com - Sep 23, 2021

By Peter Nurse Investing.com - U.S. stocks are seen opening higher Thursday, continuing the Fed-induced gains from the previous session ahead of the release of the latest employment and business...

Top 5 Things to Watch in Markets in the Week Ahead By Investing.com - Sep 19, 2021

By Noreen Burke Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve meeting will be the highlight of the coming week and while no change is expected officials are likely to hint that they are moving closer to...

Analysis

Week Ahead: Expect Chop, Volatility As Fed, Distressed Earnings Drive Markets By Pinchas Cohen/Investing.com - Sep 19, 2021 1

Equities in September could get even more volatile than they've historically been Fed expected to try to calm nervous investors Earnings may cause additional choppiness With September already...

Week Ahead: As Worst Month For Stocks Nears, Expect Volatility, Adding To Worries By Pinchas Cohen/Investing.com - Aug 29, 2021

Powell doesn’t provide firm timeline for tapering: stocks, Treasuries, commodities rise; dollar falls Surprisingly, investors still rotate back into the Reflation Trade Can ongoing record breaking...

Commodities Week Ahead: Oil, Gold Eye U.S. Jobs Report As China PMI Slides By Barani Krishnan/Investing.com - Aug 02, 2021

It’s that time again. The release of the monthly US jobs report. And the direction of gold, oil and a few other key commodities could well depend on how healthy the labor market in the world’s leading...

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