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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Dec 07, 2023

Actual

220K

Forecast

222K

219K

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
Dec 14, 2023	08:30			220K
Dec 07, 2023	08:30	220K	222K	219K
Nov 30, 2023	08:30	218K	220K	211K
Nov 22, 2023	08:30	209K	225K	233K
Nov 16, 2023	08:30	231K	220K	218K
Nov 09, 2023	08:30	217K	215K	220K

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