Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

The latest Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims Report is now available from DOL. The 4-week moving average of nationwide initial claims has increased from the revised number of 395,250 last week to 395,750 this week.

Report dated November 26, 2011 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending November 19, 2011. During this week, 2,506 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,704 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.

• 2,609 initial UI claims filed (increase of 101 from the prior week and decrease of 348 from same week in 2010)
• 19,256 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 558 from the prior week and decrease of 4,797 from same week in 2010)
• 12,436 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (increase of 71 from the prior week and decrease of 7,819 from same week in 2010)