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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 June 16, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 16 was 2,490,000, a decrease of 27,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,517,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,505,250, an increase of 6,750 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,498,500.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 289,020 in the week ending June 23, a decrease of 1,863 from the previous week. There were 287,503 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the
week ending June 16, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,283,315, a decrease
of 14,745 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7 percent
and the volume was 2,219,876. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending June 9. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,228 in the week ending June 16, an increase of 18 from the prior week. There were 1,623 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 115 from the preceding week. There were 11,879 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 9, an increase of 1,379 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 20,866, a decrease of 300 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 9 were in Puerto Rico (3.4 percent), Alaska (3.2), Pennsylvania (2.7), Michigan (2.6), Arkansas (2.5), New Jersey (2.5), California (2.3), Oregon (2.3), Rhode Island (2.3), and Massachusetts (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 16 were in Pennsylvania (+4,217), Wisconsin (+2,027), New Jersey (+1,023), Michigan (+871), and Maryland (+652), while the largest decreases were in Illinois (-2,529), Georgia (-2,256), New York (-1,800), Missouri (-1,671), and Texas (-1,452). 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 06/16/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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