Initial Jobless Claims

Medium

Next releaseOctober 1, 2026 at 12:3017h

Forecast200K

Previous197K

ImportanceMedium

Track record

Published weekly. Across the 156 releases held here, from 2023-10-05 to 2026-09-24, the actual came in above forecast 53 times, below 96 times and in line 7 times. The typical gap between forecast and actual is 7K.

What this moves here

Currency Indices

DXYToday+0.09%

Indices

US100Today+0.63%US2000Today-0.21%US30Today-0.61%

Rates

US02YToday+0.20%US05YToday+0.85%US10YToday+1.05%

Forex

EURUSDToday-0.10%USDJPYToday+0.09%GBPUSDToday+0.21%AUDUSDToday-0.57%

+65 more in scope

Past releases 24

Sep/19197K201K · 198K

232.4K183.6K

45677899

Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Sep/19	197K	201K	198K
Sep/12	196K	208K	206K
Sep/05	206K	205K	207K
Aug/29	206K	205K	204K
Aug/22	203K	208K	207K
Aug/15	206K	210K	212K
Aug/08	209K	202K	200K
Aug/01	199K	202K	198K
Jul/25	197K	200K	188K
Jul/18	187K	212K	209K
Jul/11	208K	217K	216K
Jul/04	215K	218K	217K
Jun/27	215K	220K	216K
Jun/20	215K	225K	227K
Jun/13	226K	225K	230K
Jun/06	229K	219K	225K
May/30	225K	213K	212K
May/23	215K	211K	210K
May/16	209K	210K	212K
May/09	211K	205K	199K
May/02	200K	205K	190K
Apr/25	189K	215K	215K
Apr/18	214K	212K	208K
Apr/11	207K	215K	218K

History goes back to 2023, which is as far as our data provider carries it.