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 352,750 last week to 350,500 this week.

The report dated 14 February 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 2 February 2013. During this week, 1,957 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,214 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 2,229 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 429 from the prior week and decrease of 424 from same week in 2012).
• 23,668 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 246 from the prior week and decrease of 3,027 from same week in 2012).
• 4,991 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 329 from the prior week and decrease of 7,180 from the same week in 2012).