|
|
|
 |
www.dol.gov
|
 |
 |
 |
| November 4, 2008 DOL Home > Newsroom > News Releases |  |
|
ETA Press Release:
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 362,000, a decrease of 21,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 383,000. The 4-week moving average was 384,500, a decrease of 7,500 from the previous week's revised average of 392,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.7 percent for the week ending July 13, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.8 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment
during the week ending July 13 was 3,518,000, a decrease
of 51,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,569,000. The 4-week
moving average was 3,585,750, a decrease of 41,250 from the preceding
week's revised average of 3,627,000. UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 390,121 in the week ending July 20, a decrease of 116,322 from the previous week. There were 406,038 initial claims in the comparable week in 2001. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.8 percent during the week ending July 13, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,616,268, an increase of 61,664 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 2.4 percent and the volume was 3,101,591. Extended benefits were available in Oregon and Washington during the week ending July 6. 51 states reported that 1,143,066 individuals filed continued claims under the Federal Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program during the week ending July 6. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,085 in the week ending July 13, an increase of 63 from the prior week. There were 1,338 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 396 from the preceding week. There were 15,805 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending July 6, an increase of 925 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 14,178, an increase of 1,157 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 6 were in Puerto Rico (6.9 percent), Oregon (4.2), Washington (4.0), Alaska (3.7), Pennsylvania (3.7), California (3.6), New Jersey (3.6), Connecticut (3.5), Massachusetts (3.5), Rhode Island (3.4), and Wisconsin (3.4). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 13 were in North Carolina (+19,478), Tennessee (+13,001), South Carolina (+9,560), Missouri (+9,309), and Alabama (+6,884), while the largest decreases were in Wisconsin (-6,496), Texas (-5,636), Arkansas (-4,293), Kentucky (-4,087), and Indiana (-3,645).
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 07/13/2002 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-693-3900. TDD Message Phone: 1-800-326-2577. News releases from the U.S. Department of Labor are accessible on the Internet at: http://www.dol.gov and http://www.ows.doleta.gov
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
