Econ Initial Claims

{
  "data": {
    "fred_id": "ICSA",
    "frequency": "Weekly",
    "latest_print": {
      "first_release_value": 209000,
      "first_released_on": "2026-08-13",
      "headline": 209,
      "headline_basis": "first release level",
      "headline_units": "thousands",
      "latest_value": 209000,
      "obs_date": "2026-08-08",
      "revised": false
    },
    "next_release_date": "2026-08-20",
    "recent": [
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-05-23",
        "value": 212000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-05-30",
        "value": 225000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-06-06",
        "value": 230000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-06-13",
        "value": 227000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-06-20",
        "value": 216000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-06-27",
        "value": 217000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-07-04",
        "value": 217000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-07-11",
        "value": 209000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-07-18",
        "value": 189000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-07-25",
        "value": 198000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-08-01",
        "value": 200000
      },
      {
        "obs_date": "2026-08-08",
        "value": 209000
      }
    ],
    "release_name": "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report",
    "revisions": [
      {
        "first_value": 199000,
        "latest_value": 200000,
        "obs_date": "2026-08-01"
      },
      {
        "first_value": 197000,
        "latest_value": 198000,
        "obs_date": "2026-07-25"
      },
      {
        "first_value": 187000,
        "latest_value": 189000,
        "obs_date": "2026-07-18"
      }
    ],
    "series": "initial-claims",
    "source_agency": "U.S. Employment and Training Administration",
    "surprise": {
      "actual": 209,
      "expectation_detail": "trend-model: mean of prior 4 levels",
      "expectation_source": "trend-model",
      "expected": 199,
      "surprise": 10
    },
    "title": "Initial Jobless Claims (SA)",
    "units": "Number"
  },
  "meta": {
    "data_mode": "live",
    "docs": "https://x402-factory.com/docs/econ.series.initial-claims",
    "endpoint": "/v1/econ/initial-claims",
    "freshness": "daily",
    "generated_at": "2026-09-29T05:40:58.564Z",
    "request_id": "req_00000000",
    "sources": [
      "fred"
    ],
    "version": "1.0.0"
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://x402-factory.com/v1/econ/initial-claims'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://x402-factory.com/v1/econ/initial-claims' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx402-factory.com%2Fv1%2Fecon%2Finitial-claims
const res = await pay("https://x402-factory.com/v1/econ/initial-claims");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://x402-factory.com/v1/econ/initial-claims")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)