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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Jul 22, 2021

Actual

419K

Forecast

350K

368K

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
Jul 29, 2021	08:30			419K
Jul 22, 2021	08:30	419K	350K	368K
Jul 15, 2021	08:30	360K	360K	386K
Jul 08, 2021	08:30	373K	350K	371K
Jul 01, 2021	08:30	364K	390K	415K
Jun 24, 2021	08:30	411K	380K	418K

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