Unemployment Insurance Initial Claim

US Unemployment Insurance Initial Claim

Measures the number of new claims filed by people to receive unemployment benefits. This statistic provides very direct feedback on the number of newly-unemployed people.

Date	Value	Previous	Change
May 5, 2012	367,000	368,000	-0.27 %
Apr 28, 2012	368,000	392,000	-6.12 %
Apr 21, 2012	392,000	389,000	+0.77 %
Apr 14, 2012	389,000	388,000	+0.26 %
Apr 7, 2012	388,000	362,000	+7.18 %
Mar 31, 2012	362,000	363,000	-0.28 %
Mar 24, 2012	363,000	364,000	-0.27 %
Mar 17, 2012	364,000	363,000	+0.28 %
Mar 10, 2012	363,000	374,000	-2.94 %
Mar 3, 2012	374,000	373,000	+0.27 %