Friday, March 29, 2013

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 347,250 last week to 339,750 this week.
The report dated 28 March 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 16 March 2013. During this week, 1,638 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,635 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

  • 1,742 initial UI claims filed (increase of 9 from the prior week and decrease of 110 from same week in 2012).
  • 20,917 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 695 from the prior week and decrease of 3,770 from same week in 2012).
  • 4,308 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 72 from the prior week and decrease of 7,395 from the same week in 2012).