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December 13,
2001 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS
REPORT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
DATA
In the week ending Dec. 8, the advance
figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 394,000, a decrease
of 86,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 480,000. The
4-week moving average was 450,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the
previous week's revised average of 462,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured
unemployment rate was 2.8 percent for the week ending Dec. 1,
unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.8
percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted
insured unemployment during the week ending Dec. 1 was 3,656,000,
an increase of 36,000 from the preceding week's revised level of
3,620,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,744,500, a decrease of 36,000
from the preceding week's revised average of 3,780,500.
UNADJUSTED
DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under
state programs, unadjusted, totaled 489,184 in the week ending Dec.8, a
decrease of 116,526 from the previous week. There were 390,629
initial claims in the comparable week in 2000.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate
was 2.8 percent during the week ending Dec. 1, a decrease of 0.1
percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,641,772, a
decrease of 75,713 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate
was 1.8 percent and the volume was 2,211,195.
Extended benefits were not available in any state
during the week ending Nov. 24.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former
Federal civilian employees totaled 1,726 in the week ending Dec. 1, an increase
of 320 from the prior week. There were 1,344 initial claims by newly discharged
veterans, an increase of 486 from the preceding week.
There were 18,118 former Federal civilian
employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Nov. 24, an increase of 211
from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled
16,943, an increase of 1,936 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the
week ending Nov. 24 were in Puerto Rico (6.9 percent), Alaska (5.6), Oregon
(5.1), Washington (4.6), Arkansas (4.0), Nevada (3.9), Wisconsin (3.9),
California (3.8), Idaho (3.8), and South Carolina (3.8).
The largest increases in initial claims for the
week ending Dec. 1 were in North Carolina (+36,440), California (+19,280),
South Carolina (+17,349), Pennsylvania (+16 581), and Georgia (+15,349), while
the largest decreases were in Wisconsin (-16,912), Texas (-4,743), Oregon
(-3,230), Massachusetts (-2,490), and Kentucky (-1,336).
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR
STATE PROGRAMS
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Advance |
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|
Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Dec. 8 |
Dec.
1 |
Change |
Nov. 24 |
Year |
| Initial Claims
(SA) |
394,000 |
480,000 |
-86,000 |
493,000 |
322,000 |
| Initial Claims (NSA) |
489,184 |
605,710 |
-116,526 |
438,820 |
390,629 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
450,000 |
462,000 |
-12,000 |
455,000 |
343,000 |
|
Advance |
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Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Dec.
1 |
Nov. 24 |
Change |
Nov.
17 |
Year |
| Ins. Unemployment (SA) |
3,656,000 |
3,620,000 |
+36,000 |
3,987,000 |
2,259,000 |
| Ins. Unemployment (NSA) |
3,641,772 |
3,717,485 |
-75,713 |
3,142,015 |
2,211,195 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
3,744,500 |
3,780,500 |
-36,000 |
3,801,500 |
2,286,750 |
| Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 |
2.8% |
2.8% |
0.0 |
3.1% |
1.8% |
| Ins. Unemployment
Rate (NSA)2 |
2.8% |
2.9% |
-0.1 |
2.4% |
1.8% |
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1 |
| WEEK
ENDING |
Dec. 1 |
Nov. 24 |
Change |
Year |
| Federal
Employees |
1,726 |
1,406 |
+320 |
2,222 |
| Newly
Discharged Veterans |
1,344 |
858 |
+486 |
1,198 |
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
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|
Prior1
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| WEEK
ENDING |
Nov. 24 |
Nov. 17 |
Change
|
Year
|
| Federal
Employees |
18,118 |
17,907 |
+211 |
30,263 |
| Newly Discharged
Veterans |
16,943 |
15,007 |
+1,936 |
13,548 |
| Railroad
Retirement Board |
4,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
3,000 |
| Extended
Benefits |
30 |
7 |
+23 |
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 12/01/2001
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| State |
Change |
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State Supplied
Comment |
| WI |
-16,912 |
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Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing,
construction, service, transportation, and communications industries. |
| TX |
-4,743 |
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Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing,
information, and mining industries. |
| OR |
-3,230 |
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No comment. |
| MA |
-2,490 |
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No comment. |
| KY |
-1,336 |
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Fewer layoffs in the rubber/plastics and
machinery industries. |
| OK |
-1,256 |
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No comment. |
| ID |
-1,187 |
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No comment. |
| NH |
-1,133 |
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Fewer layoffs in the rubber/plastics,
paper, primary metals, and electrical machinery industries. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| ME |
+1,033 |
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Layoffs in the textile, leather goods,
lumber/wood, and electrical equipment industries. |
| CT |
+1,108 |
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Layoffs in the construction industry, and
agriculture. |
| CO |
+1,353 |
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No comment. |
| WV |
+1,557 |
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No comment. |
| AZ |
+1,565 |
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No comment. |
| MD |
+1,601 |
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No comment. |
| AR |
+1,618 |
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Layoffs in the electrical equipment,
non-electrical machinery, rubber/plastics, food, and fabricated metals
industries. |
| NV |
+1,830 |
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Return to a five day workweek. |
| NE |
+1,899 |
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No comment. |
| PR |
+2,248 |
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No comment. |
| KS |
+2,913 |
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Layoffs in the transportation,
communications, public utilities, and manufacturing industries. |
| MN |
+3,618 |
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Layoffs in the construction, mining, and
service industries, and agriculture. |
| WA |
+3,656 |
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No comment. |
| FL |
+3,769 |
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Layoffs in the construction, service, and
trade industries, and agriculture. |
| MI |
+3,868 |
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Layoffs in the automobile and
transportation equipment industries. |
| MS |
+4,210 |
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Layoffs in the non-electrical machinery,
textile, apparel, furniture, electrical equipment, and primary metals
industries. |
| NJ |
+4,660 |
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Return to a five day workweek. |
| OH |
+5,341 |
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No comment. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| MO |
+6,570 |
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Layoffs in the construction, service, and
retail trade industries. |
| AL |
+7,415 |
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Layoffs in the textile and apparel
industries. |
| IL |
+7,642 |
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Layoffs in the service, manufacturing, and
construction industries. |
| TN |
+10,178 |
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Layoffs in the food, mining,
transportation equipment, industrial machinery, and service industries. |
| NY |
+10,426 |
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Return to a five day workweek. |
| GA |
+15,349 |
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Layoffs in the textile industry. |
| PA |
+16,581 |
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Layoffs in the construction,
rubber/plastics, stone/clay/glass, transportation, transportation equipment,
trade, and service industries. |
| SC |
+17,349 |
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Layoffs in manufacturing. |
| CA |
+19,280 |
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Layoffs in the construction, wholesale
trade, and service industries, and agriculture. |
| NC |
+36,440 |
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Layoffs in the textile, apparel,
furniture, transportation equipment, electrical equipment, lumber/wood,
construction, trade, service, primary metals, and fabricated metals
industries. |
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