Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

The latest Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims Report is now available from the US Department of Labor. The four-week moving average of nationwide initial claims has increased from the revised number of 365,750 last week to 359,000 this week.

The report dated 17 January 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 5 January 2013. During this week, 3,673 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,748 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 2,847 initial UI claims filed (increase of 240 from the prior week and decrease of 167 from same week in 2012).
• 20,992 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 932 from the prior week and decrease of 2,696 from same week in 2012).
• 6,580 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 248 from the prior week and decrease of 6,073 from the same week in 2012).