US Continuing Jobless Claims Rise to 1.796M
Brief · Published 2026-08-08 · Data period 2026-08-08
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Continuing jobless claims rose to 1,796,000 in the week ended August 8, from 1,781,000 previously. The level remained well below the year-ago reading of 1,957,000. Initial jobless claims for the same week totaled 212,000, while the unemployment rate stood at 4.1% in July. The series remains far from its all-time high of 23,130,000 in May 2020 and its all-time low of 988,000 in May 1969, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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Source & methodology
Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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