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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Jun 12, 2025

Actual

248K

Forecast

242K

248K

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.

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Currency: USD

Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Jun 19, 2025	22:30
Jun 12, 2025	22:30	248K	242K	248K
Jun 05, 2025	22:30	247K	236K	239K
May 29, 2025	22:30	240K	229K	226K
May 22, 2025	22:30	227K	230K	229K
May 15, 2025	22:30	229K	229K	229K

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