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January 17, 2002 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS
REPORT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
DATA
In the week ending Jan. 12, the advance
figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 384,000, a decrease
of 14,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 398,000. The 4-week
moving average was 411,000, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's
revised average of 411,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured
unemployment rate was 2.7 percent for the week ending Jan. 5,
unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.7 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted
insured unemployment during the week ending Jan. 5 was 3,470,000, a
decrease of 36,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,506,000.
The 4-week moving average was 3,587,750, a decrease of 52,250 from the
preceding week's revised average of 3,640,000.
UNADJUSTED
DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under
state programs, unadjusted, totaled 776,035 in the week ending Jan.
12, an increase of 140,203 from the previous week. There were 600,054
initial claims in the comparable week in 2001.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate
was 3.6 percent during the week ending Jan. 5, an increase of 0.3
percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 4,611,026, an
increase of 396,925 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the
rate was 2.4 percent and the volume was 3,067,097.
Extended benefits were not available in any state
during the week ending Dec. 29.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former
Federal civilian employees totaled 1,767 in the week ending Jan. 5, an increase
of 769 from the prior week. There were 986 initial claims by newly discharged
veterans, an increase of 359 from the preceding week.
There were 20,400 former Federal civilian
employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Dec. 29, an increase of
2,553 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits
totaled 16,342, an increase of 872 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the
week ending Dec. 29 were in Alaska (6.1 percent), Oregon (6.1), Puerto Rico
(5.7), Washington (5.4), Idaho (5.3), Wisconsin (5.3), Arkansas (4.9),
Pennsylvania (4.5), Massachusetts (4.2), Michigan (4.2), and Vermont
(4.2).
The largest increases in initial claims for the
week ending Jan. 5 were in New York (+25,566), California (+21,024), North
Carolina (+16,462), Tennessee (+14,723), and Alabama (+10,346), while the
largest decreases were in Wisconsin (-24,308), Michigan (-19,909), Kentucky
(-13,783), Massachusetts (-13,665), and Pennsylvania (-7,270).
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR
STATE PROGRAMS
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Advance |
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Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Jan. 12 |
Jan.
5 |
Change |
Dec. 29 |
Year |
| Initial Claims
(SA) |
384,000 |
398,000 |
-14,000 |
451,000 |
300,000 |
| Initial Claims (NSA) |
776,035 |
635,832 |
+140,203 |
643,308 |
600,054 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
411,000 |
411,250 |
-250 |
410,750 |
346,500 |
|
Advance |
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Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Jan.
5 |
Dec. 29 |
Change |
Dec.
22 |
Year |
| Ins. Unemployment (SA) |
3,470,000 |
3,506,000 |
-36,000 |
3,707,000 |
2,324,000 |
| Ins. Unemployment (NSA) |
4,611,026 |
4,214,101 |
+396,925 |
3,618,297 |
3,067,097 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
3,587,750 |
3,640,000 |
-52,250 |
3,673,750 |
2,374,000 |
| Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 |
2.7% |
2.7% |
0.0 |
2.9% |
1.8% |
| Ins. Unemployment
Rate (NSA)2 |
3.6% |
3.3% |
+0.3 |
2.8% |
2.4% |
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1 |
| WEEK
ENDING |
Jan. 5 |
Dec. 29 |
Change |
Year |
| Federal
Employees |
1,767 |
998 |
+769 |
2,201 |
| Newly
Discharged Veterans |
986 |
627 |
+359 |
1,084 |
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
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| WEEK
ENDING |
Dec. 29 |
Dec. 22 |
Change
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Year
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| Federal
Employees |
20,400 |
17,847 |
+2,553 |
27,466 |
| Newly Discharged
Veterans |
16,342 |
15,470 |
+872 |
13,125 |
| Railroad
Retirement Board |
4,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
7,000 |
| Extended
Benefits |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
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 128,673,493 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 01/05/2002
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| State |
Change |
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State Supplied
Comment |
| WI |
-24,308 |
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Fewer layoffs in the construction,
service, and manufacturing industries. |
| MI |
-19,909 |
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Fewer layoffs in the automobile and
transportation equipment industries. |
| KY |
-13,783 |
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Fewer layoffs in the electrical equipment
and non-electrical machinery industries. |
| MA |
-13,665 |
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No comment. |
| PA |
-7,270 |
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Fewer layoffs in the food, textile,
electrical equipment, primary metals, fabricated metals, and transportation
industries. |
| IN |
-6,036 |
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Fewer layoffs in the transportation
equipment, electrical equipment, and primary metals industries. |
| IA |
-5,417 |
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No comment. |
| VT |
3,226 |
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No comment. |
| NH |
-3,171 |
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No comment. |
| VA |
-3,007 |
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Fewer layoffs in the rubber/plastics,
lumber/wood, textile, and electrical equipment industries. |
| KS |
-2,906 |
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Fewer layoffs in the trade and
manufacturing industries. |
| OR |
-2,663 |
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No comment. |
| NJ |
-2,541 |
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Fewer layoffs in the transportation,
communications, public utilities, retail trade, and manufacturing industries.
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| AR |
-2,457 |
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Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing
industry. |
| MD |
-2,080 |
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No comment. |
| ID |
-2,063 |
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No comment. |
| OK |
-1,866 |
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No comment. |
| SC |
-1,249 |
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No comment. |
| IL |
-1,109 |
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Fewer layoffs in the construction,
service, and manufacturing industries. |
| RI |
-1,109 |
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Fewer layoffs in the trade, service, and
manufacturing industries, and agriculture. |
| NM |
-1,013 |
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Fewer layoffs in the service, food,
construction, and manufacturing industries, and agriculture. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| WA |
+1,113 |
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No comment. |
| MS |
+1,299 |
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Layoffs in the textile, furniture,
electrical equipment, and non-electrical machinery industries. |
| CT |
+3,045 |
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Layoffs in the construction and
manufacturing industries, and agriculture. |
| FL |
+3,059 |
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Layoffs in the construction, trade,
service, and manufacturing industries, and agriculture. |
| OH |
+4,614 |
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No comment. |
| GA |
+9,885 |
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Layoffs in the textile and machinery
industries. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| AL |
+10,346 |
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No comment. |
| TN |
+14,723 |
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Layoffs in the industrial machinery,
electronic equipment, transportation equipment, wholesale trade, and
stone/clay/glass industries. |
| NC |
+16,462 |
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Layoffs in the rubber/plastics,
lumber/wood, construction, trade, textile, apparel, transportation equipment,
and fabricated metals industries. |
| CA |
+21,024 |
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Layoffs in the transportation,
construction, and wholesale trade industries, and agriculture. |
| NY |
+25,566 |
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Layoffs in the construction industry. |
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