Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

The latest Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims Report is now available from the US Department of Labor. The 4-week moving average of nationwide initial claims has increased from the revised number of 378,500  last week to 382,000 this week.

The report dated 14 June 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 2 June 2012. During this week, 1,956 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,702 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.

• 1,820 initial UI claims filed (increase of 61 from the prior week and decrease of 312 from same week in 2011).
• 15,733 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 279 from the prior week and decrease of 6,588 from same week in 2011).
• 8,547 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 384 from the prior week and decrease of 6,993 from same week in 2011).