Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Fall to 189,000
The Department of Labor said the seasonally adjusted figure for the week ending October 31, 2026 was 189,000, down 3.1% from the prior week and 17.1% from a year earlier.
Initial unemployment insurance claims were 189,000 in the week ending October 31, 2026, according to seasonally adjusted data released by the Department of Labor.
The figure represents a 3.1% decline from the week ending October 24, 2026 and a 17.1% decline from the same week a year earlier, the Department of Labor reported.
Data: Department of Labor, via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims, the week ending October 31, 2026
Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 189,000 in the week ending October 31, 2026 (seasonally adjusted). Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 195,000 in the week ending October 24, 2026, so the latest figure is down 3.1% from the week ending October 24, 2026.
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- Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 189,000 in the week ending October 31, 2026 (seasonally adjusted).
- Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 195,000 in the week ending October 24, 2026, so the latest figure is down 3.1% from the week ending October 24, 2026.
- Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 228,000 in the week ending November 1, 2025, so the latest figure is down 17.1% from a year earlier.
- The figures were published by the Department of Labor in its Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims release on November 5, 2026.
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