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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Feb 20, 2025

Actual

219K

Forecast

215K

214K

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
Feb 27, 2025	14:30			219K
Feb 20, 2025	14:30	219K	215K	214K
Feb 13, 2025	14:30	213K	217K	220K
Feb 06, 2025	14:30	219K	214K	208K
Jan 30, 2025	14:30	207K	224K	223K
Jan 23, 2025	14:30	223K	221K	217K

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