Continuing Jobless Claims comes in at 1.796M against 1.821M consensus

The latest US Continuing Jobless Claims data, released on 2026-07-23 at 12:30 UTC, showed a figure of 1.796 million. This came in below the market consensus expectation of 1.821 million, representing a surprise of -1.4%. The previous reading for this indicator was 1.805 million.

Following the release, market reactions were observed across major currency pairs and gold. Fifteen minutes after the data, AUDUSD was down 7.6 pips, EURUSD was down 6.8 pips, and GBPUSD was down 6.4 pips. NZDUSD moved 7.4 pips lower. In contrast, USDCAD was up 6.1 pips, USDCHF was up 3.1 pips, and USDJPY gained 13 pips. Gold, XAUUSD, was down 51 pips at the 15-minute mark. For example, USDJPY’s 13 pip move at 15 minutes has already surpassed its median 1-hour move of 10 pips. Similarly, XAUUSD’s 51 pip decline is significantly larger than its median 1-hour move of 28 pips. Other pairs like AUDUSD, EURUSD, GBPUSD, NZDUSD, USDCAD, and USDCHF have seen moves that are still below or close to their respective median 1-hour moves, which range from 8 to 13 pips.