Initial Claims in the U.S. | FRED

**Overview**

This release contains information on initial claims, which are claims filled out by an unemployed individual who has parted with their employer. The claims determine whether this individual is eligible for the Unemployment Insurance Program.

**Product Details**

Includes the following tables:

- **fs_fred.fred_icsa**
- **Update frequency:** weekly
- **Source:** FRED
- **Description:** The included dataset contains the following columns:`DATE`, `ICSA`. The `ICSA` column represents the number of claims at the time of the corresponding `DATE`.

**Data Sources**

The data in this product comes from **FRED**.

- **Source Homepage:** [FRED](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/)
- **Frequency:**

The data in this product comes from **FRED**.

Short for Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources.

FRED, created and maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, goes far beyond simply providing data: It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data. In essence, FRED helps users tell their data stories.

This product uses data from the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

- **Source Homepage:** [FRED](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/)
- **Source Data:** [Data link](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=ICSA)
- **License:** [License](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#full-fred-terms)
- **Frequency:** weekly

**概览**
本次发布涵盖首次失业救济金申领相关信息，此类申领由与雇主解除雇佣关系的失业人员提交，用于判定该人员是否符合失业保险计划的申领资格。

**产品详情**
包含以下数据表：
- **fs_fred.fred_icsa**
- **更新频率：** 每周
- **数据来源：** FRED
- **数据集说明：** 本次收录的数据集包含`DATE`与`ICSA`两个字段，其中`ICSA`字段代表对应`DATE`日期的失业救济金申领数量。

**数据来源**
本产品所使用的数据均来源于**FRED（Federal Reserve Economic Data，联邦储备经济数据库）**。
FRED是由圣路易斯联邦储备银行研究部创建并维护的在线数据库，收录了来自数十个国家级、国际级、公共及私营数据源的数十万条经济数据时间序列。
该平台不仅提供基础数据服务，更将数据与一系列功能强大的工具相结合，助力用户理解、交互、可视化展示及传播数据，本质上帮助用户挖掘并讲述自身的数据故事。
本产品通过FRED®应用程序编程接口（API）获取数据，但并未经过圣路易斯联邦储备银行的背书或认证。
- **数据源主页：** [FRED](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/)
- **原始数据链接：** [数据链接](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=ICSA)
- **许可协议：** [许可协议](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#full-fred-terms)
- **更新频率：** 每周

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集包含美国失业救济初次申请记录，源自FRED经济数据库，每周更新，用于确定申请人是否符合失业保险资格。数据包含日期和申请数量两个核心字段。