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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending Aug. 19, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Aug. 19 was 2,486,000, an increase of 3,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,483,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,485,750, an increase of 13,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,472,250.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 249,492 in the week ending Aug. 26, a decrease of 2,778 from the previous week. There were 251,642 initial claims in the comparable week in 2005. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent during the
week ending Aug. 19, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,277,619, a decrease
of 48,767 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent
and the volume was 2,379,439. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Aug. 12. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,005 in the week ending Aug. 19, a decrease of 227 from the prior week. There were 1,980 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 270 from the preceding week. There were 15,270 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Aug. 12, an increase of 125 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 25,896, an increase of 40 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Aug. 12 were in Puerto Rico (3.9 percent), Michigan (3.0), New Jersey (3.0), Pennsylvania (2.9), Alaska (2.8), Rhode Island (2.6), Arkansas (2.5), Connecticut (2.5), Massachusetts (2.4), Oregon (2.2), and Wisconsin (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Aug. 19 were in Ohio (+2,484), Virginia (+1,599), Michigan (+1,022), New Jersey (+680), and Indiana (+674), while the largest decreases were in North Carolina (-2,205), Wisconsin (-1,185), Arkansas (-994), Georgia (-916), and New York (-788). UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 08/19/2006 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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