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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 360,000, a decrease of 32,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 392,000. The 4-week moving average was 387,500, a decrease of 19,500 from the previous week's revised average of 407,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.6 percent for the week ending Jan. 4, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.7 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Jan 4 was 3,293,000, a decrease of 136,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,429,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,399,250, a decrease of 47,000 from the preceding
week's revised average of 3,446,250. UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 717,098 in the week ending Jan. 11, an increase of 97,368 from the previous week. There were 799,246 initial claims in the comparable week in 2002. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.5 percent during the week ending Jan. 4, an increase of 0.3 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 4,451,779, an increase of 384,791 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 3.6 percent and the volume was 4,685,080. Extended benefits were available in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington during the week ending Dec. 28. 53 states reported that 804,019 individuals filed continued claims under the Federal Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program during the week ending Dec. 28. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,866 in the week ending Jan. 4, an increase of 625 from the prior week. There were 1,106 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 303 from the preceding week. There were 23,778 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Dec. 28, an increase of 3,961 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 20,313, an increase of 1,417 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Dec. 28 were in Alaska (6.5 percent), Oregon (5.7), Idaho (5.1), Wisconsin (5.1), Washington (5.0), Arkansas (4.6), Pennsylvania (4.4), Vermont (4.4), Puerto Rico (4.3), and Michigan (4.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Jan. 4 were in North Carolina (+38,752), New York (+28,247), South Carolina (+21,040), Tennessee (+16,452), and Georgia (+12,692), while the largest decreases were in Wisconsin (-21,189), Massachusetts (-12,919), Kentucky (-10,778), Michigan (-10,280), and Pennsylvania (-9,096).
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 01/04/2003 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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