How Hedera reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 16 July 2026

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Hedera's price swung 3.17 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.32 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.09% lower.

3.17x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
6.57x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.56x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.067450
15 minutes later
−0.59%
One hour later
−0.09%
range 0.87%, hour before 0.61%
HBAR/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

The dashed orange line is the release. Chart data from Binance.

Open
0.067990
Close
0.066700
24h change
-1.93%
24h high
0.068200
24h low
0.066320
24h volume
82.037M HBAR

Measured by Clometrix

Hedera's volatility ratio was 3.17x, against 1.32x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 6.57x, against a typical 1.56x. That is more than twice what this release usually does. Both compare the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change: volatility is how far the price ranged, volume how much traded.

How Hedera moved

Hedera was at $0.067450 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.59% lower, and an hour later 0.09% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.87% of its price, against 0.61% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 16 July 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 208K for the week ending 11th Jul, from 215K in the week ending 4th Jul.

It arrived at the same moment as Retail Sales, Retail Sales Excluding Automobiles and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Hedera about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.37x across 94, against 1.31x across 209. This one came out 13 days before the Federal Reserve's 29 July rate decision. Its own ratio of 3.17x compares with 1.37x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Hedera's median volatility ratio is 1.32x.

How it compares

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Hedera's usual price swing is 1.32x. This one was 2.41 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.32x. Thick line: this release, 3.17x.

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 0.0675 0.06733 0.06744 -0.01% 0.25% 0.06% 370,056 HBAR
5 minutes 0.0675 0.06725 0.06734 -0.16% 0.37% 0.15% 1.048M HBAR
10 minutes 0.0675 0.06706 0.06711 -0.51% 0.65% 0.35% 2.011M HBAR
15 minutes 0.0675 0.06693 0.06705 -0.60% 0.84% 0.35% 3.215M HBAR
30 minutes 0.0675 0.06693 0.06708 -0.55% 0.84% 0.37% 5.184M HBAR
1 hour 0.0675 0.06691 0.06739 -0.09% 0.87% 0.61% 12.749M HBAR
2 hours 0.06773 0.06691 0.06763 0.27% 1.21% 0.71% 21.889M HBAR
4 hours 0.0682 0.06691 0.06797 0.77% 1.89% 0.89% 27.777M HBAR
6 hours 0.0682 0.06691 0.06771 0.38% 1.89% 1.29% 35.863M HBAR
8 hours 0.0682 0.06691 0.06797 0.93% 1.89% 1.88% 36.377M HBAR
12 hours 0.0682 0.06632 0.0667 -1.12% 2.76% 1.88% 56.793M HBAR

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.58x 1.50x Strong
Ethereum 2.92x 1.46x Strong
XRP Not measured 1.18x -
BNB 2.19x 1.42x Strong
Solana 2.51x 1.38x Strong
Dogecoin 2.49x 1.38x Strong
TRON 1.34x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 2.17x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 2.01x 1.43x Strong
Sui 2.06x 1.24x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 2.12x 1.34x Strong
Hedera 3.17x 1.32x Exceptional
Avalanche 3.03x 1.42x Exceptional
Litecoin 1.52x 1.39x Ordinary
Gram 0.00x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.52x 1.33x Ordinary
Uniswap 2.97x 1.34x Exceptional
Polkadot 1.52x 1.32x Ordinary
Aave 1.46x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 2.07x 1.40x Strong
NEAR Protocol 1.00x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 2.37x 1.41x Strong
Internet Computer 1.01x 1.45x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.20x 1.40x Quiet
Filecoin 2.38x 1.27x Strong

What is Initial Jobless Claims?

The weekly claims report is released Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Initial claims are new jobless claims filed by U.S. workers seeking unemployment compensation, included in the unemployment insurance weekly claims report. The report, published since 1967, includes a separate count of workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits, known as continuing claims.

Every Initial Claims release for Hedera

Questions about this page

Is 3.17x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is exceptional: the usual is 1.32x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Initial Claims do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Hedera moved in after past Initial Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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