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 382,750  last week to 386,250 this week.

The report dated 21 June 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 9 June 2012. During this week, 1,826 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,956 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.

• 1,835 initial UI claims filed (increase of 14 from the prior week and decrease of 318 from same week in 2011).
• 15,571 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 162 from the prior week and decrease of 6,386 from same week in 2011).
• 8,197 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 350 from the prior week and decrease of 7,087 from same week in 2011).