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 348,000 last week to 352,500 this week.

The report dated 6 June 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 25 May 2013. During this week, 1,720 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,666 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 1,634 initial UI claims filed (increase of 9 from the prior week and decrease of 162 from same week in 2012).
• 14,691 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 433 from the prior week and decrease of 1,710 from same week in 2012).
• 3,093 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 125 from the prior week and decrease of 6,260 from the same week in 2012).