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 336,000 last week to 332,000 this week. 

The report dated 15 August 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 3 August 2013. During this week, 1,548 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,494 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 1,491 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 107 from the prior week and decrease of 180 from same week in 2012).
• 13,780 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 166 from the prior week and decrease of 1,283 from same week in 2012).
• 2,796 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 64 from the prior week and decrease of 3,562 from the same week in 2012).