{"version":"1","article":{"id":"us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","slug":"us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026?lang=en","title":"US initial unemployment insurance claims ease to 197,000","summary":"Seasonally adjusted initial claims fell by 1,000 in the week ended 26 September; the four-week average was 200,000.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:07+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:07+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-26","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration","url":"https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/ui-claims/20261543.pdf","checkedAt":"2026-10-04","publishedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"name":"U.S. Department of Labor, weekly claims technical notes and archive","url":"https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/archive.asp","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"},{"name":"U.S. Department of Labor, seasonal adjustment methodology Q&A","url":"https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/wksaqna.asp","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"},{"name":"U.S. Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance FAQ","url":"https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/FAQ.asp","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"us-weekly-ui-claims-september-26-2026","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Haftalık işsizlik sigortası başvuruları","en":"Weekly unemployment insurance claims","ar":"طلبات التأمين الأسبوعية ضد البطالة","fr":"Demandes hebdomadaires d'assurance chômage","es":"Solicitudes semanales de seguro de desempleo"},"description":{"tr":"1 Ekim 2026 raporunda yayımlanan, 26 Eylül'de biten hafta için ilk başvurular ve farklı referans haftasına ait devam eden sigortalı işsizlik göstergeleri.","en":"Initial claims for the week ended 26 September and continuing insured-unemployment measures for a separate reference week, published 1 October 2026.","ar":"الطلبات الأولية للأسبوع المنتهي في 26 سبتمبر ومقاييس البطالة المؤمن عليها المستمرة لأسبوع مرجعي منفصل، منشورة في 1 أكتوبر 2026.","fr":"Demandes initiales pour la semaine close le 26 septembre et mesures distinctes du chômage assuré continu, publiées le 1er octobre 2026.","es":"Solicitudes iniciales de la semana terminada el 26 de septiembre y medidas distintas de desempleo asegurado continuado, publicadas el 1 de octubre de 2026."},"methodology":{"tr":"Veriler ETA haftalık idari bildirimlerinden derlenir. İlk başvuruların 26 Eylül haftası değeri öncü ve mevsim etkilerinden arındırılmıştır; önceki haftalar revize edilebilir. Başvurular benzersiz işsiz kişilerin veya tüm iş kayıplarının sayımı değildir. Devam eden sigortalı işsizlik 19 Eylül haftasına aittir. Mevsim faktörleri yıllık güncellenir; teknik notlar serinin oynak olabileceğini belirtir.","en":"Data are compiled from ETA weekly administrative reports. Initial claims for the week ended 26 September are advance and seasonally adjusted; prior weeks can be revised. Claims are not a census of unique unemployed people or all job separations. Continuing insured unemployment refers to the week ended 19 September. Seasonal factors are updated annually, and technical notes warn that the series can be volatile.","ar":"تجمع البيانات من التقارير الإدارية الأسبوعية لإدارة التوظيف والتدريب. الطلبات الأولية للأسبوع المنتهي في 26 سبتمبر أولية ومعدلة موسمياً؛ ويمكن مراجعة الأسابيع السابقة. ولا تمثل الطلبات تعداداً للأشخاص العاطلين الفريدين أو لجميع حالات فقدان الوظائف. تخص البطالة المؤمن عليها المستمرة الأسبوع المنتهي في 19 سبتمبر. تحدث العوامل الموسمية سنوياً وتشير الملاحظات الفنية إلى احتمال تقلب السلسلة.","fr":"Les données proviennent des rapports administratifs hebdomadaires de l'ETA. Les demandes initiales de la semaine close le 26 septembre sont préliminaires et désaisonnalisées ; les semaines antérieures peuvent être révisées. Les demandes ne recensent ni les chômeurs uniques ni toutes les séparations d'emploi. Le chômage assuré continu concerne la semaine close le 19 septembre. Les facteurs saisonniers sont actualisés chaque année et les notes techniques signalent une volatilité possible.","es":"Los datos proceden de informes administrativos semanales de la ETA. Las solicitudes iniciales de la semana terminada el 26 de septiembre son preliminares y desestacionalizadas; las semanas previas pueden revisarse. Las solicitudes no cuentan a personas desempleadas únicas ni todas las separaciones laborales. El desempleo asegurado continuado corresponde a la semana terminada el 19 de septiembre. Los factores estacionales se actualizan cada año y las notas técnicas advierten de posible volatilidad."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/ui-claims/20261543.pdf","https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/archive.asp","https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/wksaqna.asp"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:04:31+03:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"İlk başvurular, mevsim etkilerinden arındırılmış (26 Eylül haftası)","en":"Initial claims, seasonally adjusted (week ended 26 September)","ar":"الطلبات الأولية المعدلة موسمياً (أسبوع 26 سبتمبر)","fr":"Demandes initiales désaisonnalisées (semaine close le 26 septembre)","es":"Solicitudes iniciales desestacionalizadas (semana terminada el 26 de septiembre)"},"value":197000,"unit":"count","period":"2026-09-26","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"ui-initial-claims-sa","unitCode":"count","geography":"united-states","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Dört haftalık hareketli ortalama ilk başvurular","en":"Four-week moving average of initial claims","ar":"متوسط الطلبات الأولية المتحرك لأربعة أسابيع","fr":"Moyenne mobile sur quatre semaines des demandes initiales","es":"Promedio móvil de cuatro semanas de solicitudes iniciales"},"value":200000,"unit":"count","period":"2026-09-26","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"ui-initial-claims-four-week-average","unitCode":"count","geography":"united-states","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"İlk başvuruların dört haftalık ortalama değişimi","en":"Change in four-week average of initial claims","ar":"التغير في متوسط الطلبات الأولية لأربعة أسابيع","fr":"Variation de la moyenne sur quatre semaines des demandes initiales","es":"Variación del promedio de cuatro semanas de solicitudes iniciales"},"value":-2500,"unit":"count","period":"2026-09-26","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"ui-initial-claims-four-week-average-change","unitCode":"count","geography":"united-states","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Sigortalı işsizlik oranı, mevsim etkilerinden arındırılmış (19 Eylül haftası)","en":"Insured unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (week ended 19 September)","ar":"معدل البطالة المؤمن عليها المعدل موسمياً (أسبوع 19 سبتمبر)","fr":"Taux de chômage assuré désaisonnalisé (semaine close le 19 septembre)","es":"Tasa de desempleo asegurado desestacionalizada (semana terminada el 19 de septiembre)"},"value":1.1,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-09-19","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"ui-insured-unemployment-rate-sa","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Sigortalı işsizlik, mevsim etkilerinden arındırılmış (19 Eylül haftası)","en":"Insured unemployment, seasonally adjusted (week ended 19 September)","ar":"البطالة المؤمن عليها المعدلة موسمياً (أسبوع 19 سبتمبر)","fr":"Chômage assuré désaisonnalisé (semaine close le 19 septembre)","es":"Desempleo asegurado desestacionalizado (semana terminada el 19 de septiembre)"},"value":1701000,"unit":"count","period":"2026-09-19","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"ui-insured-unemployment-sa","unitCode":"count","geography":"united-states","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"us-weekly-ui-claims-september-26-2026","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"us-weekly-ui-claims-september-26-2026","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026/data/us-weekly-ui-claims-september-26-2026?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims-september-26-2026/data/us-weekly-ui-claims-september-26-2026?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor reported an advance estimate of 197,000 seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ended 26 September in its weekly report, released on 1 October 2026. That was 1,000 below the previous week's revised level of 198,000. The four-week moving average fell to 200,000. Because the prior week's average was revised up from 202,250 to 202,500, the new average was 2,500 below the revised comparison. The release date is 1 October; the measured week ended in late September. These indicators describe unemployment insurance claim activity, not payroll employment or the total number of unemployed people.","An initial claim is filed by a person separated from an employer who asks a state unemployment insurance programme to determine basic eligibility. It is therefore not a count of everyone laid off in a week. People who do not file, are not eligible, or file at another time are not captured by that weekly count. The Department's technical notes say the data come from weekly administrative reports supplied by state programmes and that advance weekly figures are later revised using subsequent reporting. A prior value first published as 197,000 was revised up to 198,000 in this release. That example shows why readers should distinguish an initial estimate from the later revised level when assessing small week-to-week movements.","The four-week average helps smooth short-term volatility. For the week ended 26 September it stood at 200,000 claims, 2,500 below the revised 202,500 average a week earlier. The report's weekly table lists seasonally adjusted initial claims of 198,000 for both 19 September and 12 September; the latest four-week average puts the most recent reading in a wider frame. But a moving average still depends on administrative claims and revisions. It does not, by itself, explain changes in hiring, layoffs, vacancies or the unemployment rate. Initial claims are best read as an early indicator about one part of labour-market activity, alongside other evidence rather than as a complete labour-market account.","Continuing insured unemployment is a separate measure for a different week. The seasonally adjusted level for the week ended 19 September was 1,701,000, down 11,000 from the revised previous week. Its four-week average fell by 18,500 to 1,723,750, while the insured unemployment rate remained 1.1%. These are not measured for the same week as initial claims: new claims refer to the week ended 26 September, while continuing insured unemployment refers to the week ended 19 September. Continued claims reflect weekly ongoing benefit claims in the insured system; they should not be described as a census of everyone without a job.","The report also recorded 156,738 initial claims without seasonal adjustment, a fall of 7,979 or 4.8% from the previous week. Seasonal factors had expected a 4.1% decrease for that period. This raw count should not be compared directly with the seasonally adjusted estimate of 197,000. The Department says states use seasonal factors updated at the beginning of each year, and historical administrative data may also be revised alongside the new factors provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The technical notes stress that weekly administrative claims are difficult to adjust seasonally and can be volatile. The series helps monitor short-term conditions, but it is not a comprehensive or definitive measure of employment."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Seasonally adjusted initial claims fell by 1,000 in the week ended 26 September; the four-week average was 200,000.\n\nThe Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor reported an advance estimate of 197,000 seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ended 26 September in its weekly report, released on 1 October 2026. That was 1,000 below the previous week's revised level of 198,000. The four-week moving average fell to 200,000. Because the prior week's average was revised up from 202,250 to 202,500, the new average was 2,500 below the revised comparison. The release date is 1 October; the measured week ended in late September. These indicators describe unemployment insurance claim activity, not payroll employment or the total number of unemployed people.\n\nAn initial claim is filed by a person separated from an employer who asks a state unemployment insurance programme to determine basic eligibility. It is therefore not a count of everyone laid off in a week. People who do not file, are not eligible, or file at another time are not captured by that weekly count. The Department's technical notes say the data come from weekly administrative reports supplied by state programmes and that advance weekly figures are later revised using subsequent reporting. A prior value first published as 197,000 was revised up to 198,000 in this release. That example shows why readers should distinguish an initial estimate from the later revised level when assessing small week-to-week movements.\n\nThe four-week average helps smooth short-term volatility. For the week ended 26 September it stood at 200,000 claims, 2,500 below the revised 202,500 average a week earlier. The report's weekly table lists seasonally adjusted initial claims of 198,000 for both 19 September and 12 September; the latest four-week average puts the most recent reading in a wider frame. But a moving average still depends on administrative claims and revisions. It does not, by itself, explain changes in hiring, layoffs, vacancies or the unemployment rate. Initial claims are best read as an early indicator about one part of labour-market activity, alongside other evidence rather than as a complete labour-market account.\n\nContinuing insured unemployment is a separate measure for a different week. The seasonally adjusted level for the week ended 19 September was 1,701,000, down 11,000 from the revised previous week. Its four-week average fell by 18,500 to 1,723,750, while the insured unemployment rate remained 1.1%. These are not measured for the same week as initial claims: new claims refer to the week ended 26 September, while continuing insured unemployment refers to the week ended 19 September. Continued claims reflect weekly ongoing benefit claims in the insured system; they should not be described as a census of everyone without a job.\n\nThe report also recorded 156,738 initial claims without seasonal adjustment, a fall of 7,979 or 4.8% from the previous week. Seasonal factors had expected a 4.1% decrease for that period. This raw count should not be compared directly with the seasonally adjusted estimate of 197,000. The Department says states use seasonal factors updated at the beginning of each year, and historical administrative data may also be revised alongside the new factors provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The technical notes stress that weekly administrative claims are difficult to adjust seasonally and can be volatile. The series helps monitor short-term conditions, but it is not a comprehensive or definitive measure of employment.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}