US Initial Jobless Claims for September 2025: Bearish for the Dollar

On September 25, 2025, the US Department of Labor released the latest initial jobless claims data, reporting 1.765 million new claims. No forecast or prior reference value was provided.Initial jobless claims are a key indicator of domestic labor market conditions, measuring the number of individuals filing for unemployment benefits for the first time. The impact of this data is that a figure above expectations tends to be bearish for the US dollar, while it is bullish for non-USD currencies.This release carries an importance rating of 4. The statistic is calculated based on the number of first-time unemployment insurance applications filed in the previous week. The data is published every Thursday, with the next release scheduled for December 18, 2025.

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