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 377,000  last week to 375,500 this week.

The report dated 19 July 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 7 July 2012. During this week, 1,826 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,097 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.

• 1,839 initial UI claims filed (increase of 0 from the prior week and decrease of 205 from same week in 2011).
• 15,269 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 50 from the prior week and decrease of 5,479 from same week in 2011).
• 7,112 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 277 from the prior week and decrease of 7,157 from same week in 2011).