Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

The latest Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims Report is now available from DOL. 
The report dated December 23, 2011 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending December 17, 2011. During this week, 2,653 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,791 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.
  • 2,856 initial UI claims filed (increase of 37 from the prior week and decrease of 502 from same week in 2010)
  • 21,326 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 773 from the prior week and decrease of 4,892 from same week in 2010)
  • 12,635 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (increase of 17 from the prior week and decrease of 7,044 from same week in 2010)