Monday, September 23, 2013

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 decreased from the revised number of 321,750 last week to 314,750 this week. 

The report dated 19 September 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 7 September 2013. During this week, 1,678 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,402 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.
  • 1,556 initial UI claims filed (increase of 56 from the prior week and decrease of 56 from same week in 2012).
  • 12,751 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 174 from the prior week and decrease of 738 from same week in 2012).
  • 2,643 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 23 from the prior week and decrease of 2,473 from the same week in 2012).