United States Continuing Jobless Claims

Country: United States, USD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Source: United States Department of Labor
Last release
23 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
1.821 M
Forecast
1.814 M
Previous
1.809 M
Next release
30 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 2 days
Forecast
1.825 M
Previous
1.821 M
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
11 May 2017
29 Apr 2017
1.918 M
1.964 M
04 May 2017
22 Apr 2017
1.964 M
1.981 M
27 Apr 2017
15 Apr 2017
1.988 M
—
20 Apr 2017
8 Apr 2017
1.979 M
—
13 Apr 2017
1 Apr 2017
2.028 M
—
06 Apr 2017
25 Mar 2017
2.028 M
—
30 Mar 2017
18 Mar 2017
2.052 M
—
23 Mar 2017
11 Mar 2017
2.000 M
—
16 Mar 2017
4 Mar 2017
2.030 M
—
09 Mar 2017
25 Feb 2017
2.058 M
—
02 Mar 2017
18 Feb 2017
2.066 M
—
23 Feb 2017
11 Feb 2017
2.060 M
—
16 Feb 2017
4 Feb 2017
2.076 M
—
09 Feb 2017
28 Jan 2017
2.078 M
—
02 Feb 2017
21 Jan 2017
2.064 M
—
26 Jan 2017
14 Jan 2017
2.100 M
—
19 Jan 2017
7 Jan 2017
2.046 M
—
12 Jan 2017
31 Dec 2016
2.087 M
—
05 Jan 2017
24 Dec 2016
2.112 M
—
29 Dec 2016
17 Dec 2016
2.102 M
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Continuing Jobless Claims reflect the number of people who have been receiving unemployment benefits for a while. The indicator is published weekly.

The figure does not reflect the total number of unemployed, since it does not take into account people who are not eligible for benefits or have not applied for them.

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