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Jobless claims
How many people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week.
History
Initial jobless claimslatest 189k (2026-10-31) · 260 prints
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, from Department of Labor data. Values shown are as currently published, so revisions are included here even though the game scores the first print.
Coming up
- Jobless claims, week of Nov 7Nov 12, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · Thu, Nov 12, 8:30 AM ETline 194k
- Jobless claims, week of Nov 14Nov 19, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 9 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Nov 21Nov 25, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 15 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Nov 28Dec 3, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 23 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Dec 5Dec 10, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 30 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Dec 12Dec 17, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 37 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Dec 19Dec 23, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 43 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Dec 26Dec 31, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 51 daysline pending
How players called it
The print record
| Claims | Called right | |
|---|---|---|
| Jobless claims, week of Oct 31 Nov 5, 2026 | 189k line 197k · miss 8k | no calls |
| Jobless claims, week of Oct 24 Oct 29, 2026 | 194k line 198k · miss 4k | no calls |
| Jobless claims, week of Oct 17 Oct 22, 2026 | 194k line 200k · miss 6k | no calls |
| Jobless claims, week of Oct 10 Oct 15, 2026 | 199k line 199k · on the line | no calls |
| Jobless claims, week of Oct 3 Oct 8, 2026 | 197k line 200k · miss 3k | 100% of 1 |
| Jobless claims, week of Sep 26 Oct 1, 2026 | 197k line 201k · miss 4k | 100% of 1 |
| Jobless claims, week of Sep 19 Sep 24, 2026 | 197k no line | no calls |
| Jobless claims, week of Sep 12 Sep 17, 2026 | 198k no line | no calls |