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U.S. Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg.

Latest Release

Aug 04, 2022

Actual

254.75K

248.75K

Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week.

As the week to week numbers might be very volatile, the four week moving average smooths the weekly data and used for the initial jobless claims metric

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:

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Currency: USD

Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Previous
Aug 11, 2022	08:30		254.75K
Aug 04, 2022	08:30	254.75K	248.75K
Jul 28, 2022	08:30	249.25K	243.00K
Jul 21, 2022	08:30	240.50K	236.00K
Jul 14, 2022	08:30	235.75K	232.50K
Jul 07, 2022	08:30	232.50K	231.75K

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