US Continuing Jobless Claims Fall to 2024 Low
Brief · Published 2026-09-18 · Data period 2026-09-05
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Continuing jobless claims fell to 1,730,000 in the week ended September 5, from 1,769,000 the prior week. The reading was the lowest since the week of January 6, 2024, and remained below the year-earlier level of 1,925,000. The series all-time high was 23,130,000 in May 2020, and the all-time low was 988,000 in May 1969. Initial jobless claims for the same week totaled 206,000, 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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