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 358,250 last week to 342,250 this week.

The report dated 2 May 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 20 April 2013. During this week, 1,933 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,431 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 2,088 initial UI claims filed (increase of 114 from the prior week and increase of 16 from same week in 2012).
• 17,009 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 488 from the prior week and decrease of 3,339 from same week in 2012).
• 3,868 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 72 from the prior week and decrease of 7,568 from the same week in 2012).