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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Dec 01, 2022

Actual

225K

Forecast

235K

241K

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 08, 2022	08:30		230K	225K
Dec 01, 2022	08:30	225K	235K	241K
Nov 23, 2022	08:30	240K	225K	223K
Nov 17, 2022	08:30	222K	225K	226K
Nov 10, 2022	08:30	225K	220K	218K
Nov 03, 2022	07:30	217K	220K	218K

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