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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 Nov. 11, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Nov. 11 was 2,454,000, an increase of 14,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,440,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,435,500, an increase of 3,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,432,500.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 365,994 in the week ending Nov. 18, an increase of 79,860 from the previous week. There were 368,859 initial claims in the comparable week in 2005. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent during the
week ending Nov. 11, an increase of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,287,176, an increase
of 176,996 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0 percent
and the volume was 2,564,292. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Nov. 4. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,433 in the week ending Nov. 11, a decrease of 227 from the prior week. There were 1,684 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 249 from the preceding week. There were 14,597 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Nov. 4, a decrease of 1,458 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 24,391, a decrease of 1,124 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Nov. 4 were in Puerto Rico (3.6 percent), Alaska (3.4), Michigan (2.8), Arkansas (2.4), New Jersey (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.3), Oregon (2.2), Massachusetts (2.1), South Carolina (2.1), and Wisconsin (2.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Nov. 11 were in Mississippi (+547), California (+414), Massachusetts (+258), Idaho (+243), and North Carolina (+55), while the largest decreases were in Kentucky (-5,561), Illinois (-3,829), Pennsylvania (-3,645), Georgia (-2,977), and Florida (-2,291). 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 11/11/2006 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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