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Jobless claims
How many people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week.
History
Initial jobless claimslatest 197k (2026-09-19) · 1916 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 Sep 26Oct 1, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · Thu, Oct 1, 8:30 AM ETline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Oct 3Oct 8, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 11 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Oct 10Oct 15, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 18 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Oct 17Oct 22, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 25 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Oct 24Oct 29, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 32 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Oct 31Nov 5, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 39 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Nov 7Nov 12, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 46 daysline pending
- Jobless claims, week of Nov 14Nov 19, 2026, 8:30 AM ET · in 53 daysline pending
How players called it
The print record
| Claims | Called right | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |