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Initial Claims (weekly, seasonally adjusted)

Series ICSA — Initial jobless claims.

Latest value: 199,000 for Oct 10, 2026, −10.4% year over year (against Oct 11, 2025). 563 weekly observations from Jan 2, 2016 to Oct 10, 2026, in number of people. Source: FRED (FRED route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge.

Latest observations

PeriodValue
Oct 10, 2026199,000
Oct 3, 2026198,000
Sep 26, 2026199,000
Sep 19, 2026198,000
Sep 12, 2026198,000
Sep 5, 2026207,000
Aug 29, 2026207,000
Aug 22, 2026204,000
Aug 15, 2026207,000
Aug 8, 2026212,000
Aug 1, 2026200,000
Jul 25, 2026198,000

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Cite: Nowflation, “Initial Claims (weekly, seasonally adjusted)” (ICSA), data from FRED, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/ICSA. The series at its source: FRED.

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