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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 Oct. 20, 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 Oct. 20 was 2,588,000, an increase of 65,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,523,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,537,500, an increase of 13,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,524,500.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 301,317 in the week ending Oct. 27, a decrease of 6,305 from the previous week. There were 301,079 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the
week ending Oct. 20, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,246,741, an increase
of 71,675 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.6 percent
and the volume was 2,087,657. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Oct. 13. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,492 in the week ending Oct. 20, an increase of 117 from the prior week. There were 1,814 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 27 from the preceding week. There were 15,829 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Oct. 13, an increase of 1,780 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 22,953, an increase of 1,110 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Oct. 13 were in Puerto Rico (2.7 percent), Michigan (2.6), Alaska (2.5), New Jersey (2.4), Arkansas (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.3), California (2.2), Oregon (2.2), Rhode Island (2.2), and South Carolina (2.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Oct. 20 were in California (+7,027), New York (+2,590), New Jersey (+973), Wisconsin (+953), and Indiana (+908), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-4,992), Ohio (-1,747), Maryland (-1,184), Illinois (-984), and North Carolina (-966). 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 10/20/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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