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
Aug 18, 2012 372,000 368,000 +1.09 %
Aug 11, 2012 368,000 364,000 +1.10 %
Aug 4, 2012 364,000 368,000 -1.09 %
Jul 28, 2012 368,000 357,000 +3.08 %
Jul 21, 2012 357,000 388,000 -7.99 %
Jul 14, 2012 388,000 352,000 +10.23 %
Jul 7, 2012 352,000 376,000 -6.38 %
Jun 30, 2012 376,000 388,000 -3.09 %
Jun 23, 2012 388,000 392,000 -1.02 %
Jun 16, 2012 392,000 389,000 +0.77 %