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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending Sept. 22, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Sept. 22 was 2,541,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the preceding week's unrevised level of 2,551,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,557,250, a decrease of 12,750 from the preceding week's unrevised average of 2,570,000.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 253,554 in the week ending Sept. 29, an increase of 4,930 from the previous week. There were 249,288 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent during the
week ending Sept. 22, unchanged from the prior week.
The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs
totaled 2,144,440, a decrease of 21,214 from the preceding week. A year earlier,
the rate was 1.6 percent and the volume was 2,056,523. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Sept. 15. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,439 in the week ending Sept. 22, an increase of 405 from the prior week. There were 1,771 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 233 from the preceding week. There were 14,078 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Sept. 15, an increase of 458 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 22,280, an increase of 203 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Sept. 15 were in Puerto Rico (3.4 percent), New Jersey (2.5), Michigan (2.4), Pennsylvania (2.3), Alaska (2.2), Arkansas (2.2), California (2.2), Rhode Island (2.2), Massachusetts (2.0), and Oregon (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Sept. 22 were in Florida (+768), Wisconsin (+582), Kansas (+510), Mississippi (+325), and Kentucky (+279), while the largest decreases were in Georgia (-2,712), South Carolina (-2,304), North Carolina (-1,990), Michigan(-1,577), and Indiana UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 09/22/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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