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Initial Jobless Claims

Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance (FRED ICSA).

203,000persons
Observation historyweekly · UTC
ZERNEL / CONNECT

Take this series with you.

initial-claims

Download the available history to a local JSON file. Run it once and keep the data.

curl -fsS 'https://zernel.de/zernel.py' -o zernel.py
python3 zernel.py clone 'https://zernel.de/series/initial-claims'

Python 3.9+ · No packages to install. Retraction markers remain in the file. Connection reference ↗

Use the REST API directly
GET https://zernel.de/v1/series/initial-claims/data?limit=1000
GET https://zernel.de/v1/series/initial-claims/changes?after=0&limit=1000

Paginate history with nextCursor → after. Poll changes using the commit cursor; persist it with your local data.

Unverified sourceAll time · 24 pts
203,000persons-0.98%

Not specified · Origin unknown

229.84K219.67K209.5K199.33K189.16KMar 14Apr 23Jun 2Jul 12Aug 22Mar 14, 2026 → Aug 22, 2026
High · loaded history230,000
Low · loaded history189,000
Chart observations24
Total observations24

Observation tape

Newest first · UTC
Observation timeValueRevisionEvidenceStatus
2026-08-22 00:00:00203,000r11canonical
2026-08-15 00:00:00207,000r11canonical
2026-08-08 00:00:00212,000r11canonical
2026-08-01 00:00:00200,000r11canonical
2026-07-25 00:00:00198,000r11canonical
2026-07-18 00:00:00189,000r11canonical
2026-07-11 00:00:00209,000r11canonical
2026-07-04 00:00:00217,000r11canonical
2026-06-27 00:00:00217,000r11canonical
2026-06-20 00:00:00216,000r11canonical
2026-06-13 00:00:00227,000r11canonical
2026-06-06 00:00:00230,000r11canonical