- Atlanta Fed Index
- Average Hourly Earnings
- Average Workweek
- Beige Book
- Building Permits
- Business Inventories
- Capacity Utilization
- Chicago PMI Index
- Construction Spending
- Consumer Confidence
- Consumer Credit
- Consumer Price Index
- Current Account
- Durable Goods Orders
- Employment Cost Index
- Existing Home Sales
- Export Prices
- Factory Orders
- Federal Budget
- Federal Funds Rate
- GDP Deflator
- Gross Domestic Product
- Help-Wanted Index
- Housing Starts
- Import Prices
- Industrial Production
- ISM Index
- Jobless Claims (Initial Claims)
- Leading Indicators Index
- Money Supply
- New Home Sales
- Non-farm Payrolls
- Personal Income
- Personal Spending
- Philadelphia Fed Index
- Producer Price Index
- Productivity
- Real Earnings
- Redbook
- Retail Sales
- Trade Balance
- Unemployment Rate
- Unit Labor Cost
- University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index
- Wholesale Inventories
Jobless Claims (Initial Claims)
There are two types of Jobless Claims - Initial Claims, when a person applies for a benefit for the first time in five years, and the total number (Jobless Claims). Initial claims are more important. Both figures show weekly changes in the number of jobless claims.
These figures do not always reflect the real state of events. They are sometimes distorted by short-term factors, such as federal or local holidays. This indicator can give an idea of what Non-farm payrolls will be next time. For example, if during a month the value of Jobless Claims consistently decreases, then it is likely that the value of Non-farm payrolls will be large. It has a limited impact on the market. Reducing of the number of jobless claims is a favorable factor for the growth of the dollar.
- Release Frequency: weekly.
- Release Schedule: 08:30 EST, every Thursday.
- Source: U.S. Department of Labor.