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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

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Nov 23, 2022

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240K

Forecast

225K

223K

Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of people who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. This is the most timely U.S. economic data, but the market impact varies from week to week.
A reading that is higher than forecast is generally negative (bearish) for the USD, while a lower than forecast reading is generally supportive (bullish) for the USD.

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Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Dec 01, 2022	13:30		235K	240K
Nov 23, 2022	13:30	240K	225K	223K
Nov 17, 2022	13:30	222K	225K	226K
Nov 10, 2022	13:30	225K	220K	218K
Nov 03, 2022	12:30	217K	220K	218K
Oct 27, 2022	12:30	217K	220K	214K

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Bob Carolgees Jan 14, 2016 13:28

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the text for this release needs altering (still) it reads as bullish whatever happens, I think most people now what the correct statement is but why have anything at all if you are going to leave it incorrect for so long?

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