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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

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Latest Release

Feb 21, 2019

Actual

216K

Forecast

220K

239K

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
Feb 21, 2019	08:30	216K	220K	239K
Feb 14, 2019	08:30	239K	225K	235K
Feb 07, 2019	08:30	234K	221K	253K
Jan 31, 2019	08:30	253K	215K	200K
Jan 24, 2019	08:30	199K	219K	212K
Jan 17, 2019	08:30	213K	219K	216K

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Analysis

USD/CAD: Canadian Dollar Steady, U.S. Jobless Claims Sparkles By Kenny Fisher - Jan 24, 2019

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1.1340

+0.0006 +0.05%

Summary

Strong Buy

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EUR/USD

1.1340

+0.0006 +0.05%

Summary

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Sell 0

Indicators:

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GBP/USD

1.3037

-0.0013 -0.10%

Summary

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Indicators:

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110.74

+0.04 +0.04%

Summary

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AUD/USD

0.7093

0.0001 0.00%

Summary

Strong Sell

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Indicators:

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1.3235

+0.0004 +0.03%

Summary

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125.57

+0.10 +0.08%

Summary

Strong Buy

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1.1352

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Strong Buy

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Indicators:

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DAX

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Apple

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Indicators:

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Alphabet A

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Bank of America

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U.S. 30Y

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EUR/USD	1.1340	Strong Buy
GBP/USD	1.3037	Sell
USD/JPY	110.74	Neutral
AUD/USD	0.7093	Strong Sell
USD/CAD	1.3235	Neutral
EUR/JPY	125.57	Strong Buy
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	Interest Rates	Next Meeting
BOC	1.75%	Mar 06, 2019
FED	2.50%	Mar 20, 2019
BOE	0.75%	Mar 21, 2019
ECB	0.00%	Mar 07, 2019
SNB	-0.75%	Mar 21, 2019
RBA	1.50%	Mar 05, 2019
RBNZ	1.75%	Mar 27, 2019
BOJ	-0.10%	Mar 15, 2019
CBR	7.75%	Mar 22, 2019
RBI	6.25%	Apr 04, 2019
PBOC	4.35%
BCB	6.50%	Mar 20, 2019