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U.S. Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg.

Latest Release

Apr 17, 2025

Actual

220.75K

223.25K

Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week.

As the week to week numbers might be very volatile, the four week moving average smooths the weekly data and used for the initial jobless claims metric

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	Previous
May 01, 2025	22:30
Apr 24, 2025	22:30		220.75K
Apr 17, 2025	22:30	220.75K	223.25K
Apr 10, 2025	22:30	223.00K	223.00K
Apr 03, 2025	22:30	223.00K	224.25K
Mar 27, 2025	22:30	224.00K	228.75K

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