{"ticker":"LAYOFFS","name":"US initial jobless claims","counts":"People filing a first claim for unemployment insurance in the week, added across the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Not seasonally adjusted. The week ends Saturday.","unit":"claims","period":"2026-10-17","period_kind":"week","question":"$LAYOFFS (US initial jobless claims, not seasonally adjusted, weekly) prints above {strike} for the week ending Saturday 2026-10-17.","strikes":[170000,180000,190000,200000,220000],"strikes_from":{"prints":30,"through":"2026-09-26"},"settle_time_utc":null,"settle_rule":"Settles on $LAYOFFS as first published for the week ending Saturday 2026-10-17: the value in column settlement_value of the settlement file. Weekly. The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends. Tickerz reads the file once a day at 06:40 UTC, and the published number goes on-chain with the daily proof at 12:40 UTC after the week lands, so no exact time is given. A later revision by the source never changes it.","tie_rule":"A print equal to the strike resolves No.","fallback":"The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends. Until all 53 jurisdictions are in it, the week stays open. A week that never lands is void.","precision":"Whole claims, not seasonally adjusted, summed across 53 jurisdictions. The week ends Saturday. No rounding.","grade":"reference","rulebook":"Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04","source_url":"https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims.asp","settlement_file":"https://tickerz.com/api/indices/layoffs/history.csv","mirror_file":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tickerzhq/tickerz-open/main/prints/LAYOFFS.csv","proof":"https://tickerz.com/api/indices/proof","recount":null,"next_print_at":null,"paste":"$LAYOFFS (US initial jobless claims, not seasonally adjusted, weekly) prints above {strike} for the week ending Saturday 2026-10-17.\nStrikes: 170,000 / 180,000 / 190,000 / 200,000 / 220,000 claims\nSettles: on the published number (column settlement_value). Weekly. The states' file lands about ten days after the week ends. A later revision never changes it.\nTie: A print equal to the strike resolves No.\nSource: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims.asp\nSettlement file: https://tickerz.com/api/indices/layoffs/history.csv\nRulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04. Grade: reference.","license":"Free to show, licensed to settle: https://tickerz.com/pricing","url":"https://tickerz.com/x/layoffs#list-it"}