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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 378,000, a decrease of 60,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 438,000. The 4-week moving average was 404,500, an increase of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average of 402,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.7 percent for the week ending Dec. 14, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.7 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment
during the week ending Dec. 14 was 3,464,000, a decrease
of 12,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,476,000. The 4-week
moving average was 3,417,000, a decrease of 36,500 from the preceding
week's revised average of 3,453,500. UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 469,365 in the week ending Dec. 21, a decrease of 16,757 from the previous week. There were 529,461 initial claims in the comparable week in 2001. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.8 percent during
the week ending Dec. 14, unchanged from the prior week. The advance
unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled
3,627,045, an increase of 88,661 from the preceding week. A year earlier,
the rate was 2.9 percent and the volume was 3,733,813. Extended benefits were available in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington during the week ending Dec. 7 . 53 states reported that 777,230 individuals filed continued claims under the Federal Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program during the week ending Dec. 7. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,486 in the week ending Dec. 14, a decrease of 746 from the prior week. There were 1,410 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 167 from the preceding week. There were 20,931 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Dec. 7, a decrease of 2,275 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 19,913, a decrease of 829 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Dec. 7 were in Puerto Rico (5.7 percent), Alaska (5.6), Oregon (4.4), Washington (4.3), Pennsylvania (4.1), Arkansas (3.7), California (3.7), Idaho (3.6), North Carolina (3.5), Massachusetts (3.3), and Wisconsin (3.3). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Dec. 14 were
in North Carolina (+14,079), Michigan (+4,582), Texas (+3,173), New Jersey
(+1,847), and Kentucky (+1,113), while the largest decreases were in Georgia
(-9,495), Pennsylvania (-8,823), New York (-8,424), California (-6,826), and
South Carolina (-5,928).
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 12/14/2002 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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