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 351,750 last week to 352,000 this week.

The report dated 7 February 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 26 January 2013. During this week, 2,214 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,111 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 2,658 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 134 from the prior week and decrease of 429 from same week in 2012).
• 23,422 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 518 from the prior week and decrease of 2,730 from same week in 2012).
• 5,320 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 439 from the prior week and decrease of 7,091 from the same week in 2012).