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 343,000 last week to 354,250 this week.

The report dated 11 April 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 30 March 2013. During this week, 1,657 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,476 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 1,602 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 53 from the prior week and decrease of 129 from same week in 2012).
• 19,142 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 951 from the prior week and decrease of 3,999 from same week in 2012).
• 4,148 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 110 from the prior week and decrease of 7,553 from the same week in 2012).