Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Oct. 24

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 was 348,250, an increase of 10,750 from the previous week's revised average of 337,500.

The report dated 24 October 2013 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 12 October 2013. During this week, 1,964 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 3,107 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 3,152 initial UI claims filed (increase of 126 from the prior week and increase of 1,425 from same week in 2012). 
• 14,109 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 978 from the prior week and increase of 1534 from same week in 2012). 
• 2,592 continued Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) weeks claimed (decrease of 28 from the prior week and decrease of 2,511 from the same week in 2012).