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US initial jobless claims

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Week to Sep 12

153,097claims

-13.6% vs the week to Sep 5. Weekly. The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends.

Activity score
13/100Quiet
Against its own normal. 70 or more is unusual.
claims per week · last 52 weeks
max 329,958 claims
week to Sep 20: 180,264 claims, Quietweek to Sep 27: 178,555 claims, Quietweek to Oct 4: 206,470 claims, Normalweek to Oct 11: 210,105 claims, Quietweek to Oct 18: 204,767 claims, Quietweek to Oct 25: 202,084 claims, Quietweek to Nov 1: 215,159 claims, Quietweek to Nov 8: 237,867 claims, Normalweek to Nov 15: 217,204 claims, Quietweek to Nov 22: 243,772 claims, Normalweek to Nov 29: 197,287 claims, Normalweek to Dec 6: 313,815 claims, Rareweek to Dec 13: 254,238 claims, Normalweek to Dec 20: 263,724 claims, Normalweek to Dec 27: 270,523 claims, Normalweek to Jan 3: 297,561 claims, Normalweek to Jan 10: 329,958 claims, Elevatedweek to Jan 17: 271,532 claims, Normalweek to Jan 24: 230,861 claims, Quietweek to Jan 31: 252,176 claims, Quietweek to Feb 7: 249,443 claims, Quietweek to Feb 14: 208,946 claims, Quietweek to Feb 21: 193,292 claims, Quietweek to Feb 28: 213,516 claims, Quietweek to Mar 7: 206,542 claims, Quietweek to Mar 14: 190,279 claims, Quietweek to Mar 21: 186,187 claims, Quietweek to Mar 28: 185,628 claims, Quietweek to Apr 4: 200,945 claims, Quietweek to Apr 11: 214,377 claims, Quietweek to Apr 18: 205,799 claims, Quietweek to Apr 25: 180,055 claims, Quietweek to May 2: 179,815 claims, Quietweek to May 9: 190,941 claims, Quietweek to May 16: 185,744 claims, Quietweek to May 23: 187,669 claims, Quietweek to May 30: 188,091 claims, Quietweek to Jun 6: 228,433 claims, Quietweek to Jun 13: 220,094 claims, Quietweek to Jun 20: 207,532 claims, Quietweek to Jun 27: 214,098 claims, Quietweek to Jul 4: 225,637 claims, Quietweek to Jul 11: 245,434 claims, Quietweek to Jul 18: 192,834 claims, Normalweek to Jul 25: 176,108 claims, Quietweek to Aug 1: 172,053 claims, Quietweek to Aug 8: 188,718 claims, Quietweek to Aug 15: 172,476 claims, Quietweek to Aug 22: 169,096 claims, Quietweek to Aug 29: 169,778 claims, Quietweek to Sep 5: 177,273 claims, Quietweek to Sep 12: 153,097 claims, Quiet
Sep 20Sep 12

Shade is the Activity score. Solid ink is 70 or more. Outlined weeks have no score yet.

Counts
People filing a first claim for unemployment insurance in the week, added across the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Not seasonally adjusted. The week ends Saturday.
Source
US Department of Labor, ETA 539 weekly claims file, state rows
Terms
US government work, public domain.
Cadence
Weekly. The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends. Newest complete week to Sep 12. Read Sep 23, 18:36 UTC.
Baseline
The prior 26 weeks, 14 needed. Claims rise every January and July; those weeks read against the weeks before them.

Resolution

Index
$LAYOFFS US initial jobless claims. Rulebook v0.1, 2026-09-23.
Prints
Weekly. The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends. The newest complete week is on the record after the daily seal at about 12:00 UTC.
First print

153,097 claimsfor the week ending 2026-09-12, sealed 2026-09-23 in digest 9e36d35866fe1267, Bitcoin block 968,320. Proof

The first print is final for settlement; revisions are shown beside it and never replace it.

Fallback
The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends. Until all 53 jurisdictions are in it, the week stays open. A week that never lands is void.
Precision
Whole claims, not seasonally adjusted, summed across 53 jurisdictions. The week ends Saturday. No rounding.
Cost to move
Not practical. Moving a week means filing unemployment claims with state agencies, by the thousand.
Grade
reference. A government series. A venue can read the Department of Labor file directly and settle on it. Tickerz adds the score and the record, not the number.
For a rulebook
Settle on the Tickerz first print of $LAYOFFS for the week ending the Saturday named in the contract, published at tickerz.com/x/layoffs and in GET /api/indices/layoffs, sealed daily with OpenTimestamps.

Arena

$LAYOFFS for the week to Oct 3. Forecast the print.

Against the week to Sep 12, the newest on file: 153,097 claims. Graded on the first print. Points only, no money. The question, the standings and the rules.

Closes Sep 27, 00:00 UTC. Forecasts are shown then.

Listed names

None listed.