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
04 Dec 2008
22 Nov 2008
4.087 M
—
26 Nov 2008
15 Nov 2008
3.962 M
—
20 Nov 2008
8 Nov 2008
4.012 M
—
13 Nov 2008
1 Nov 2008
3.897 M
—
06 Nov 2008
25 Oct 2008
3.843 M
—
30 Oct 2008
18 Oct 2008
3.715 M
—
23 Oct 2008
11 Oct 2008
3.720 M
—
16 Oct 2008
4 Oct 2008
3.711 M
—
09 Oct 2008
27 Sep 2008
3.659 M
—
02 Oct 2008
20 Sep 2008
3.591 M
—
25 Sept 2008
13 Sep 2008
3.542 M
—
18 Sept 2008
6 Sep 2008
3.478 M
—
11 Sept 2008
30 Aug 2008
3.525 M
—
04 Sept 2008
23 Aug 2008
3.403 M
—
28 Aug 2008
16 Aug 2008
3.423 M
—
21 Aug 2008
9 Aug 2008
3.362 M
—
14 Aug 2008
2 Aug 2008
3.417 M
—
07 Aug 2008
26 Jul 2008
3.311 M
—
31 Jul 2008
19 Jul 2008
3.282 M
—
24 Jul 2008
12 Jul 2008
3.097 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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