A–Z of economic indicators
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3 results for “weekly unemployment claims”
US Initial Jobless Claims 4-Week Moving Average
A smoothed weekly measure of new US unemployment-insurance claims that helps traders assess changes in labour-market conditions.
Jobless Claims 4-Week AverageInitial Claims 4-Week AverageFour-Week Moving Average of Initial Jobless ClaimsModerate volatility
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims
Initial Jobless Claims track new weekly applications for U.S. unemployment insurance and are used as a fast-moving gauge of layoffs and labor-market stress.
new unemployment claimsnew jobless claimsweekly unemployment insurance claimsModerate volatility
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims 4-Week Average
The four-week average of U.S. initial jobless claims smooths weekly unemployment-insurance filings to show the underlying trend in layoffs.
initial claims four-week averagejobless claims four-week moving averageU.S. claims four-week averageModerate volatility