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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Oct 03, 2024

Actual

225K

Forecast

222K

219K

Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. This is the earliest U.S. economic data, but the market impact varies from week to week.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD.

Importance:

Country:

Currency: USD

Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Oct 10, 2024	20:30			225K
Oct 03, 2024	20:30	225K	222K	219K
Sep 26, 2024	20:30	218K	224K	222K
Sep 19, 2024	20:30	219K	230K	231K
Sep 12, 2024	20:30	230K	227K	228K
Sep 05, 2024	20:30	227K	231K	232K

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