US Unemployment Insurance Claims
August 16th, 2025
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Last update:New unemployment insurance initial claims were 235,000 last week, a variation of +11,000 compared with the previous one. Over the last 12 months, this indicator varied by +1.29%.
| 08/02/2025 | 08/09/2025 | 08/16/2025 | |
| continued claims | 1,942,000 | 1,972,000 | -- |
| initial claims | 227,000 | 224,000 | 235,000 |
| initial claims 4-moving-average | 221,000 | 221,750 | 226,250 |
initial claims
Percentage Annual VariationShaded area = recession