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week-ended-2026-10-31 · U.S. Department of Labor

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

One workspace for briefing, official publication status, market reaction, and comparable historical outcomes.

Scheduled
Nov 5 · 1:30:00 PM UTC
Published
Nov 5 · 1:30:00 PM UTC
0 ms late from schedule
Available
Nov 5 · 1:30:01 PM UTC
1.9 sec after publication
Market clock
Publication time
New York sessions

Before release

Release Briefing

Weekly claims are the fastest recurring signal of labor-market deterioration or resilience.

Analysis componentOpen five-year indicator analysis
Event value
189,000 claims
Initial Jobless Claims
Current / event regime
Low
z -1.83
Historical percentile
7th percentile
Quintile 1 · five years
Revision reliability
High
85/100 · 13 releases

Relevant market exposures

At release

Release Monitor

IndicatorActualPrior initialPrior revisedRelease move
Initial Jobless ClaimsLevel · Official189,000 claims194,000 claims195,000 claims-6,000 claims
Continuing ClaimsLevel · Official1,718,000 claims1,701,000 claims1,695,000 claims+23,000 claims

“Release move” is initial minus the revised prior when available, otherwise initial minus the prior print. It is not a consensus surprise.

After release

Market Reaction

S&P 500 and Nasdaq cumulative returns from the last regular close before publication to the +1D, +5D, and +1M trading sessions.

Benchmark+1D+5D+1M
S&P 500 Index-4.36%PendingPending
Nasdaq Composite-5.52%PendingPending

Regime + percentile matched

Historical Analogues

Stored event history · 13 evaluated

S&P 500 Index

Low · quintile 1

5 matching releases
WindowMeanMedianPositiven
+1D-0.13%-0.3%40%5
+5D+0.41%-0.17%40%5
+1M-0.77%+0.9%67%3

Nasdaq Composite

Low · quintile 1

5 matching releases
WindowMeanMedianPositiven
+1D-0.7%-1.25%40%5
+5D-0.1%-0.57%40%5
+1M-3.8%-2.52%33%3

Stored release examples

week-ended-2026-10-17

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

93% match
Initial Jobless Claims: 194,000 claimsContinuing Claims: 1,728,000 claims
S&P 500 Index
D0 -1.21% · D5 -0.47%
Nasdaq Composite
D0 -2.6% · D5 -1.94%
Open workspace

week-ended-2026-08-15

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

76% match
Initial Jobless Claims: 207,000 claimsContinuing Claims: 1,796,000 claims
S&P 500 Index
D0 -0.87% · D5 +0.3%
Nasdaq Composite
D0 -1.0% · D5 +0.8%
Open workspace

week-ended-2026-10-03

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

62% match
Initial Jobless Claims: 197,000 claimsContinuing Claims: 1,716,000 claims
S&P 500 Index
D0 -0.47% · D5 -0.74%
Nasdaq Composite
D0 -1.25% · D5 -3.0%
Open workspace

week-ended-2026-08-01

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

46% match
Initial Jobless Claims: 200,000 claimsContinuing Claims: 1,799,000 claims
S&P 500 Index
D0 -0.18% · D5 +0.98%
Nasdaq Composite
D0 -0.06% · D5 +1.67%
Open workspace

week-ended-2026-09-19

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

43% match
Initial Jobless Claims: 198,000 claimsContinuing Claims: 1,712,000 claims
S&P 500 Index
D0 -0.02% · D5 -0.51%
Nasdaq Composite
D0 +0.01% · D5 -0.24%
Open workspace

Aggregate outcomes use only earlier releases of the selected component with the same as-of-release regime and five-year percentile quintile. The target event is excluded and pending trading horizons remain unavailable until enough closes exist.