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Initial claims for unemployment insurance

New claims filed in the week, seasonally adjusted. Weekly, dated the Saturday the week ends.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED, Initial claims for unemployment insurance, weekly (FRED series ICSA).

197K

· Refresh pending, as of

New jobless claims over time

195K200K205KAug. 29Sept. 5Sept. 12Sept. 19Sept. 26

180K190K200K210K220K230K240KNov. 2025Jan. 2026March 2026May 2026July 2026Sept. 2026

02M4M6M20182020202220242026

02M4M6M200020052010201520202025

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Long ranges draw the high and low of each stretch of observations; the CSV has every one.

Data table

The table lists the 844 dates the charts draw, every range included; the CSV has all 1,396 rows.

Week endingInitial claims
2026-09-26197000.0
2026-09-19198000.0
2026-09-12198000.0
2026-09-05207000.0
2026-08-29207000.0
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2026-08-15207000.0
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2026-08-01200000.0
2026-07-25198000.0
2026-07-18189000.0
2026-07-11209000.0
2026-07-04217000.0
2026-06-27217000.0
2026-06-20216000.0
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2026-05-02199000.0
2026-04-25190000.0
2026-04-18215000.0
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2026-02-14208000.0
2026-02-07230000.0
2026-01-31230000.0
2026-01-24211000.0
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2026-01-10201000.0
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2025-12-27203000.0
2025-12-20215000.0
2025-12-13224000.0
2025-12-06235000.0
2025-11-29216000.0
2025-11-22218000.0
2025-11-15222000.0
2025-11-08228000.0
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2025-09-20219000.0
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2022-03-12217000.0
2022-03-05222000.0
2022-02-26208000.0
2022-02-19224000.0
2022-02-12234000.0
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2022-01-01229000.0
2021-12-25217000.0
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED: Initial claims for unemployment insurance, weekly (FRED series ICSA). ICSA · retrieved Oct. 5, 2026 · 1,396 rows · as of Sept. 26, 2026 · weekly. Download CSV