How Sui reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 13 August 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Sui's price swung 1.79 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 0.35% higher.

1.79x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
1.22x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.52x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.6878
15 minutes later
+0.07%
One hour later
+0.35%
range 0.77%, hour before 0.47%
SUI/USDT, 15 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.6843
Close
0.6893
24h change
0.73%
24h high
0.6949
24h low
0.6802
24h volume
15.731M SUI

Measured by Clometrix

Sui's volatility ratio was 1.79x, against 1.24x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.22x, against a typical 1.52x. That is a strong reaction by this release's own standard. 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 Sui moved

Sui was at $0.6878 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.07% higher, and an hour later 0.35% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.77% of its price, against 0.47% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 13 August 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 209K for the week ending 8th Aug, from 199K in the week ending 1st Aug.

It arrived at the same moment as Producer Price Index, Core Producer Price Index 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 Sui more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.33x across 56, against 1.09x across 127. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.79x compares with 1.09x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone 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 1.45 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.24x. Thick line: this release, 1.79x.

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 0.689 0.6871 0.6872 -0.09% 0.28% 0.01% 18,616 SUI
5 minutes 0.689 0.6865 0.6888 0.15% 0.36% 0.13% 74,538 SUI
10 minutes 0.689 0.6865 0.6881 0.04% 0.36% 0.23% 108,847 SUI
15 minutes 0.689 0.6865 0.6883 0.07% 0.36% 0.23% 123,301 SUI
30 minutes 0.6909 0.6865 0.6907 0.42% 0.64% 0.46% 297,445 SUI
1 hour 0.6918 0.6865 0.6902 0.35% 0.77% 0.46% 570,822 SUI
2 hours 0.6932 0.6865 0.6919 0.59% 0.97% 0.55% 1.378M SUI
4 hours 0.6949 0.6829 0.6841 -0.54% 1.73% 0.94% 3.266M SUI
6 hours 0.6949 0.6802 0.6838 -0.58% 2.12% 0.95% 8.076M SUI
8 hours 0.6949 0.6829 0.6841 -0.76% 1.73% 1.69% 4.689M SUI
12 hours 0.6949 0.6802 0.6893 0.22% 2.12% 1.69% 9.816M SUI

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.36x 1.50x Strong
Ethereum 2.21x 1.46x Strong
XRP Not measured 1.18x -
BNB 1.90x 1.42x Strong
Solana 1.81x 1.38x Strong
Dogecoin 2.00x 1.38x Strong
TRON 1.00x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 1.17x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 1.69x 1.43x Ordinary
Sui 1.79x 1.24x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 0.81x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.39x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.00x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 1.57x 1.39x Ordinary
Gram Not measured 1.02x -
Shiba Inu 0.50x 1.33x Quiet
Uniswap 4.00x 1.34x Exceptional
Polkadot 1.51x 1.32x Ordinary
Aave 1.45x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 0.72x 1.40x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 0.00x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 0.50x 1.41x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.00x 1.45x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.47x 1.40x Quiet
Filecoin 2.00x 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 Sui

Questions about this page

Is 1.79x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is strong: 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.

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Disclaimer

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