How Sui reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 5 March 2026

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Sui's price swung 1.51 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.24 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.88% lower.

1.51x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
2.06x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.52x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.9694
15 minutes later
−0.55%
One hour later
−0.88%
range 1.17%, hour before 2.21%
SUI/USDT, 10 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.9530
Close
0.9505
24h change
-0.26%
24h high
0.9864
24h low
0.9240
24h volume
42.862M SUI

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 5 March 2026 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 214K for the week ending 28th Feb, from 211K in the week ending 21st Feb.

It arrived at the same moment as Import Price Index, Export Price Index and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

How Sui moved

Sui was at $0.9694 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.55% lower, and an hour later 0.88% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.17% of its price, against 2.21% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Sui's volatility ratio was 1.51x, against 1.24x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.06x, against a typical 1.52x. That is about 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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Sui more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.33x across 56, against 1.09x across 127. This one came out 13 days before the Federal Reserve's 18 March rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.51x compares with 1.33x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 183 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Sui's median volatility ratio is 1.24x.

How it compares

Across 183 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Sui's usual price swing is 1.24x. This one was 1.22 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.24x. Thick line: this release, 1.51x.

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 0.9697 0.965 0.9652 -0.44% 0.48% 0.07% 31,614 SUI
5 minutes 0.9697 0.9609 0.9637 -0.59% 0.91% 0.51% 230,043 SUI
10 minutes 0.9697 0.9609 0.9627 -0.70% 0.91% 1.08% 571,614 SUI
15 minutes 0.9697 0.9609 0.9641 -0.55% 0.91% 1.08% 709,517 SUI
30 minutes 0.9697 0.9609 0.9632 -0.64% 0.91% 1.68% 1.263M SUI
1 hour 0.9697 0.9584 0.9609 -0.88% 1.17% 2.17% 1.991M SUI
2 hours 0.9755 0.9463 0.9475 -2.31% 2.99% 2.50% 6.873M SUI
4 hours 0.9755 0.924 0.9417 -2.94% 5.28% 3.44% 15.922M SUI
6 hours 0.9755 0.924 0.9602 -0.96% 5.28% 4.44% 18.954M SUI
8 hours 0.9864 0.924 0.9417 -1.52% 6.33% 1.71% 22.498M SUI
12 hours 0.9755 0.924 0.9505 -1.99% 5.28% 4.44% 25.208M SUI

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.21x 1.50x Quiet
Ethereum 1.35x 1.46x Quiet
XRP 1.00x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.58x 1.42x Ordinary
Solana 1.94x 1.38x Strong
Dogecoin 2.02x 1.38x Strong
TRON 1.00x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 1.58x 1.35x Ordinary
Chainlink 2.18x 1.43x Strong
Sui 1.51x 1.24x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.56x 1.34x Ordinary
Hedera 1.13x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.50x 1.42x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.52x 1.39x Ordinary
Gram 0.99x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.66x 1.33x Ordinary
Uniswap 2.00x 1.34x Strong
Polkadot 2.01x 1.32x Strong
Aave 1.17x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 2.38x 1.40x Strong
NEAR Protocol 1.00x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 1.54x 1.41x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.96x 1.45x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.01x 1.40x Quiet
Filecoin 0.00x 1.27x Quiet

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 Sui

Questions about this page

Is 1.51x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.24x. 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 Sui 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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