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 331,500 last week to 328,500 this week. 

The report dated 5 September 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 24 August 2013. During this week, 1,568 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,574 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 1,537 initial UI claims filed (increase of 19 from the prior week and decrease of 106 from same week in 2012).
• 13,124 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 200 from the prior week and decrease of 1,074 from same week in 2012).
• 2,675 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 57 from the prior week and decrease of 2,940 from the same week in 2012).