The release
Released by the Department of Labor on 12 March 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. Continued Jobless Claims rose to 1851K for the week ending 28th Feb, from 1847K in the week ending 21st Feb.
It arrived at the same moment as International Trade Balance in Goods and Services, International Imports in Goods and Services, International Exports in Goods and Services and Initial Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.
How XRP moved
XRP was at $1.3900 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later 0.72% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.72% of its price, against 0% in the hour before.
Measured by Clometrix
XRP's volume ratio was 0.68x, against a typical 1.54x. Its volatility ratio could not be measured: the price barely moved through the rest of the day, so there is no ordinary quarter hour to compare against. The ratio compares the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change.
What made it matter
Since 2021, Continued Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved XRP about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.14x across 87, against 1.20x across 193. This one came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 18 March rate decision.
Its record
Across 280 Continued Claims releases since 2021, XRP's median volatility ratio is 1.18x.
Minute by minute
Each row is the time after the release, with the same length of time before it for comparison.
| After | High | Low | Close | Change | Range | Range before | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 minute | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 46,303 XRP |
| 5 minutes | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 235,517 XRP |
| 10 minutes | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 397,686 XRP |
| 15 minutes | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 553,276 XRP |
| 30 minutes | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.113M XRP |
| 1 hour | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.38 | -0.72% | 0.72% | 0.00% | 2.58M XRP |
| 2 hours | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.38 | -0.72% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 9.994M XRP |
| 4 hours | 1.39 | 1.37 | 1.38 | -0.72% | 1.44% | 0.72% | 23.771M XRP |
| 6 hours | 1.39 | 1.37 | 1.38 | -0.72% | 1.44% | 1.44% | 28.13M XRP |
| 8 hours | 1.39 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 0.00% | 1.44% | 1.44% | 39.238M XRP |
| 12 hours | 1.41 | 1.37 | 1.41 | 1.42% | 2.84% | 1.44% | 53.734M XRP |
Every coin at this release
| Coin | Price swing | Usual for Continued Claims | Reaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 0.84x | 1.52x | Quiet |
| Ethereum | 1.15x | 1.47x | Quiet |
| XRP | Not measured | 1.18x | - |
| BNB | 0.69x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Solana | 0.62x | 1.39x | Quiet |
| Dogecoin | 1.11x | 1.39x | Quiet |
| TRON | 1.00x | 1.33x | Quiet |
| Cardano | 1.09x | 1.35x | Quiet |
| Chainlink | 1.00x | 1.43x | Quiet |
| Sui | 1.33x | 1.24x | Quiet |
| Bitcoin Cash | 0.84x | 1.34x | Quiet |
| Hedera | 0.76x | 1.32x | Quiet |
| Avalanche | 0.99x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Litecoin | 0.75x | 1.38x | Quiet |
| Gram | Not measured | 1.02x | - |
| Shiba Inu | 1.73x | 1.34x | Ordinary |
| Uniswap | 0.50x | 1.35x | Quiet |
| Polkadot | 1.01x | 1.31x | Quiet |
| Aave | 0.90x | 1.38x | Quiet |
| Bittensor | 1.19x | 1.41x | Quiet |
| NEAR Protocol | 0.00x | 1.24x | Quiet |
| Aptos | 0.81x | 1.41x | Quiet |
| Internet Computer | 1.52x | 1.46x | Ordinary |
| POL (prev. MATIC) | 1.00x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Filecoin | 0.75x | 1.27x | Quiet |
What is Continued Jobless Claims?
The weekly claims report is released Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.
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