Thursday, August 30, 2012

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 368,750  last week to 370,250 this week.

The report dated 30 August 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 18 August 2012. During this week, 1,589 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,608 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.
  • 1,643 initial UI claims filed (increase of 21 from the prior week and decrease of 167 from same week in 2011).
  • 14,197 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 303 from the prior week and decrease of 5,270 from same week in 2011).
  • 5,615 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 286 from the prior week and decrease of 7,531 from same week in 2011).