Initial Claims for the Week Ended Sep 13
Updated: 18-Sep-25 09:17 ET





Highlights

• Initial jobless claims for the week ending September 13 decreased by 33,000 to 231,000 (Briefing.com consensus: 245,000) following an upwardly revised 264,000 (from 263,000) in the prior week.
• Continuing jobless claims for the week ending September 6 decreased by 7,000 to 1.920 million.

Key Factors

• The four-week moving average for initial claims decreased by 750 to 240,000.
• The four-week moving average for continuing claims decreased by 10,250 to 1,932,500.
• The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending August 30 was 1,834,450, a decrease of 90,886 from the previous week and compared to 1,727,381 in the comparable week a year ago.

Big Picture

• The key takeaway from the report is that initial claims settled back from what appeared to be an aberrantly high level in the prior week, returning to an area that is more consistent with a job market where layoff activity is relatively low.

Category	Sep 13	Sep 6	Aug 30	Aug 23	Aug 16
Initial Claims	231K	264K	236K	229K	234K
4-Wk Moving Avg	240K	241K	231K	229K	226K
Continued Benefits		1920K	1927K	1939K	1944K
4-Wk Moving Avg		1933K	1943K	1947K	1954K