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January 10, 2002 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS
REPORT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
DATA
In the week ending Jan. 5, the advance
figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 395,000, a decrease
of 56,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 451,000. The 4-week
moving average was 410,500, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's
revised average of 410,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured
unemployment rate was 2.7 percent for the week ending Dec. 29, a
decrease of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of
2.9 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted
insured unemployment during the week ending Dec. 29 was 3,529,000,
a decrease of 166,000 from the preceding week's revised level of
3,695,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,642,750, a decrease of 28,000
from the preceding week's revised average of 3,670,750.
UNADJUSTED
DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under
state programs, unadjusted, totaled 631,455 in the week
ending Jan. 5, a decrease of 10,686 from the previous week.
There were 559,202 initial claims in the comparable week in 2001.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate
was 3.3 percent during the week ending Dec. 29, an increase of 0.5
percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 4,242,042, an
increase of 635,835 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the
rate was 2.4 percent and the volume was 2,986,959.
Extended benefits were not available in any state
during the week ending Dec. 22.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former
Federal civilian employees totaled 1,020 in the week ending Dec. 29, a decrease
of 697 from the prior week. There were 667 initial claims by newly discharged
veterans, a decrease of 376 from the preceding week.
There were 17,863 former Federal civilian
employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Dec. 22, a decrease of 2,574
from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled
15,656, a decrease of 1,306 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the
week ending Dec. 22 were in Alaska (5.8 percent), Oregon (5.0), Washington
(4.8), Idaho (4.3), Puerto Rico (4.3), Nevada (4.1), Arkansas (3.9),
Massachusetts (3.7), Pennsylvania (3.7), Michigan (3.6), and Wisconsin
(3.6).
The largest increases in initial claims for the
week ending Dec. 29 were in Wisconsin (+30,288), Michigan (+24,121),
Pennsylvania (+19,920), Massachusetts (+15,024), and Kentucky (+13,579), while
the largest decreases were in California (-11,545), Texas (-9,298), Virginia
(-7,229), Florida (-4,548), and Georgia (-2,339).
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR
STATE PROGRAMS
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Advance |
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Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Jan. 5 |
Dec.
29 |
Change |
Dec. 22 |
Year |
| Initial Claims
(SA) |
395,000 |
451,000 |
-56,000 |
411,000 |
341,000 |
| Initial Claims (NSA) |
631,455 |
642,141 |
-10,686 |
528,895 |
559,202 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
410,500 |
410,750 |
-250 |
418,000 |
360,000 |
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Advance |
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Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Dec.
29 |
Dec. 22 |
Change |
Dec.
15 |
Year |
| Ins. Unemployment (SA) |
3,529,000 |
3,695,000 |
-166,000 |
3,668,000 |
2,423,000 |
| Ins. Unemployment (NSA) |
4,242,042 |
3,606,207 |
+635,835 |
3,733,642 |
2,986,959 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
3,642,750 |
3,670,750 |
-28,000 |
3,653,000 |
2,370,500 |
| Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 |
2.7% |
2.9% |
-0.2 |
2.9% |
1.9% |
| Ins. Unemployment
Rate (NSA)2 |
2.3% |
2.8% |
+0.5 |
2.9% |
2.4% |
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1 |
| WEEK
ENDING |
Dec. 29 |
Dec. 22 |
Change |
Year |
| Federal
Employees |
1,020 |
1,717 |
-697 |
1,193 |
| Newly
Discharged Veterans |
667 |
1,043 |
-376 |
797 |
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
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| WEEK
ENDING |
Dec. 22 |
Dec. 15 |
Change
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Year
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| Federal
Employees |
17,863 |
20,437 |
-2,574 |
27,203 |
| Newly Discharged
Veterans |
15,656 |
16,962 |
-1,306 |
12,578 |
| Railroad
Retirement Board |
5,000 |
5,000 |
0 |
5,000 |
| Extended
Benefits |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data
NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1 - Prior year
is comparable to most recent data.
2 - Most recent week
used covered employment of 128,507,448 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 12/29/2001
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| State |
Change |
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State Supplied
Comment |
| CA |
-11,545 |
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No comment. |
| TX |
-9,298 |
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Fewer layoffs in the information, service,
and manufacturing industries. |
| VA |
-7,229 |
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No comment. |
| FL |
-4,548 |
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Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade,
and service industries, and agriculture. |
| GA |
-2,339 |
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Fewer layoffs in the textile
industry. |
| WA |
-2,332 |
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No comment. |
| CO |
-1,353 |
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No comment. |
| KS |
-1,252 |
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Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade,
service, transportation, communications, public utilities, and manufacturing
industries. |
| AL |
-1,120 |
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No comment. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| MO |
+1,248 |
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Layoffs in the transportation,
communications, public utilities, electrical machinery, and construction
industries. |
| RI |
+1,348 |
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Layoffs in the trade, service, and
manufacturing industries. |
| SC |
+1,404 |
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Layoffs in the manufacturing
industry. |
| NY |
+1,532 |
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No comment. |
| ID |
+1,905 |
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No comment. |
| MN |
+2,117 |
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Layoffs in the construction and
transportation equipment industries. |
| OH |
+2,713 |
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No comment. |
| VT |
+2,836 |
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Layoffs in the manufacturing
industry. |
| MD |
+3,288 |
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No comment. |
| NC |
+3,520 |
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Layoffs in the textile, furniture,
apparel, and industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment
industries. |
| NH |
+3,611 |
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No comment. |
| AR |
+3,693 |
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Layoffs in the stone/clay/glass,
lumber/wood, transportation equipment, primary metals, fabricated metals,
furniture, food, and non-electrical machinery industries. |
| OR |
+4,002 |
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No comment. |
| NJ |
+6,081 |
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Layoffs in the retail trade,
transportation, communications, public utilities, public administration,
construction, and manufacturing industries. |
| IN |
+6,761 |
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Layoffs in the textile and manufacturing
industries. |
| IA |
+8,330 |
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No comment. |
| KY |
+13,579 |
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Layoffs in the apparel, rubber/plastics,
non-electrical machinery, and electrical equipment industries. |
| MA |
+15,024 |
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Layoffs in the transportation,
service, and manufacturing industries. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| PA |
+19,920 |
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Layoffs in the construction, food,
textile, lumber/wood, furniture, primary metals, fabricated metals, machinery,
electrical equipment, and transportation industries. |
| MI |
+24,121 |
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Layoffs in the transportation equipment
industry. |
| WI |
+30,288 |
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Layoffs in the construction, retail trade,
service, mining, transportation, communications, public utilities, and
manufacturing industries, and agriculture. |
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