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 360,750 this week.

The report dated 28 February 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 16 February 2013. During this week, 1,601 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,768 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 1,885 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 128 from the prior week and decrease of 287 from same week in 2012).
• 23,184 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 333 from the prior week and decrease of 3,439 from same week in 2012).
• 4,724 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 90 from the prior week and decrease of 7,094 from the same week in 2012).