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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0 percent for the week ending Nov. 17, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Nov. 17 was 2,665,000, an increase of 112,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,553,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,589,250, an increase of 20,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,568,750.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 323,171 in the week ending Nov. 24, a decrease of 174 from the previous week. There were 323,509 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the
week ending Nov. 17, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,222,940, a decrease
of 67,476 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.6 percent
and the volume was 2,074,608. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Nov. 10. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,747 in the week ending Nov. 17, an increase of 40 from the prior week. There were 1,499 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 335 from the preceding week. There were 15,263 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Nov. 10, an increase of 1,049 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 22,928, a decrease of 492 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Nov. 10 were in Alaska (3.2 percent), Puerto Rico (2.9), Michigan (2.8), Arkansas (2.5), New Jersey (2.5), Oregon (2.4), Pennsylvania (2.4), California (2.3), Rhode Island (2.3), and Massachusetts (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Nov. 17 were in Texas (+1,097), Kentucky (+797), Idaho (+341), Arkansas (+219), and Wisconsin (+209), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-6,493), California (-5,905), Puerto Rico (-3,882), New Jersey (-3,011), and Virginia 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 11/17/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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