Nonfarm payrolls come from a survey of employers and are revised over the following months. Initial jobless claims are published every Thursday and are the most timely labour-market data in the US.
Why it matters
The jobs report is the market-moving release of the month. A sustained rise in jobless claims is one of the earliest signs of a weakening labour market.
See the data: US payrolls, US jobless claims.
General information, not advice.