U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims

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Latest ReleaseApr 09, 2026
Actual1,794.00K
Forecast1,840.00K
Previous
1,832.00K
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Continuing Jobless Claims measures the number of unemployed individuals who qualify for benefits under unemployment insurance.

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.
Release dateTimeActualForecastPrevious
Apr 23, 202612:30
Apr 16, 202612:30
1,794.00K
Apr 09, 202612:301,794.00K1,840.00K
1,832.00K
Apr 02, 202612:301,841.00K1,840.00K
1,816.00K
Mar 26, 202612:301,819.00K1,860.00K
1,851.00K
Mar 19, 202612:301,857.00K1,850.00K
1,847.00K
Mar 12, 202612:301,850.00K1,850.00K
1,871.00K
Mar 05, 202613:301,868.00K1,850.00K
1,822.00K
Feb 26, 202613:301,833.00K1,860.00K
1,864.00K
Feb 19, 202613:301,869.00K1,860.00K
1,852.00K

Continuing Jobless Claims Discussion

184k jobless claims is not indicative of a healthy economy. Far from it in fact, when you consider some businesses are struggling to cope with a smaller workforce pool to hire from and many have shunned vaccine mandates in favour of going self employed or retiring altogether. A glut of self employed people working online and remotely whilst drawing upon limited resources is not a healthy sign. Perhaps more indicative of the deepening issues, U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims came in worse than expected at 1,992k missing forecasts of 1,900k. The number of jobless claims has actually increased month on month from 1,954k United States Continuing Jobless Claims
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