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Initial jobless claims, week ending Jun 6 2026

How many seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims will the Department of Labor report for the week ending June 6, 2026?

current forecast · 80% CI214k
197k214k233k
history:4wk avg: 209kMay 23: 215kMay 16: 210kMay 9: 212k

Trend

history + forecast
1912072232394wk avgMay 9Jun 2026214kactual 229k
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

static prototype estimate · seeded forecast value

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
229k
forecast
214k with 80% CI [197k, 233k]
error
+15k · absolute 15k
cdf score
CRPS 8.56 · PIT 0.82
source
dol Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims, week ending June 6, 2026

Advance SA initial claims 229k for week ending Jun 6 (FRED ICSA confirms 229k); recorded point 214.

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prototype seed
distribution
201 CDF points
ledger fact
dol.eta.initial_claims.sa.week_ending_2026_06_06

Key drivers

  • Layoff notices
  • Holiday-adjustment noise
  • Continuing-claims drift
  • Consensus benchmark spread

Resolution

source
U.S. Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims
resolved
June 11, 2026
actual
229k
rule
Resolves to the first published seasonally adjusted initial claims count for the week ending June 6, 2026 in the Department of Labor weekly claims release. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
dol.eta.initial_claims.sa.week_ending_2026_06_06

Series design

series
dol.eta.initial_claims.sa
cadence
weekly · ~5 days
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P0
benchmark
Published consensus survey medians
chainable
next release · +4 weeks · threshold

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