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Published by the Labor Department. Its headline figures here: initial claims. Dates and first prints come from FRED and ALFRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, last read 2026-11-03.
Thu, Nov 5 · Thu, Nov 12 · Thu, Nov 19 · Wed, Nov 25 · Thu, Dec 3
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| week ending Oct 24 | 194,000 |
| week ending Oct 17 | 195,000 |
| week ending Oct 10 | 200,000 |
| week ending Oct 3 | 198,000 |
| week ending Sep 26 | 199,000 |
| week ending Sep 19 | 198,000 |
| week ending Sep 12 | 198,000 |
| week ending Sep 5 | 207,000 |
| week ending Aug 29 | 207,000 |
| week ending Aug 22 | 204,000 |
| week ending Aug 15 | 207,000 |
| week ending Aug 8 | 212,000 |
| week ending Aug 1 | 200,000 |
| week ending Jul 25 | 198,000 |
| week ending Jul 18 | 189,000 |
| week ending Jul 11 | 209,000 |
| week ending Jul 4 | 217,000 |
| week ending Jun 27 | 217,000 |
| week ending Jun 20 | 216,000 |
| week ending Jun 13 | 227,000 |
| week ending Jun 6 | 230,000 |
| week ending May 30 | 225,000 |
| week ending May 23 | 212,000 |
| week ending May 16 | 210,000 |
| week ending May 9 | 212,000 |
FRED series ICSA. These are today’s values, so earlier periods include every revision since; the figure as first published is in the prints above for the last three weeks.