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title: "GB: Claimant Count Change: -11K · Aug 18, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 18, 2026: actual -11K, forecast 11K, previous 7K · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 06:01 UTC



# GB: Claimant Count Change: -11K




           Actual-11K
           Forecast11K
           Previous7K

               Surprise
               -1.47σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadGilts neutral · Equities neutral


            GB: Claimant Count Change — Actual -11K, forecast 11K, prev 7K. BELOW FORECAST · -1.5σ. Gilts neutral · Equities neutral.






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