Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

The latest Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims Report is now available from the US Department of Labor. The 4-week moving average of nationwide initial claims has increased from the revised number of 386,250  last week to 376,500 this week.

The report dated 12 July 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 30 June 2012. During this week, 2,097 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,729 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.

• 1,839 initial UI claims filed (increase of 35 from the prior week and decrease of 163 from same week in 2011).
• 15,219 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 106 from the prior week and decrease of 5,836 from same week in 2011).
• 7,388 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 277 from the prior week and decrease of 7,105 from same week in 2011).