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 368,250  last week to 365,500 this week.

The report dated 2 August 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 21 July 2012. During this week, 1,505 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,690 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the 4-week moving average.

• 1,780 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 56 from the prior week and decrease of 271 from same week in 2011).
• 15,168 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 51 from the prior week and decrease of 5,336 from same week in 2011).
• 6,614 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 284 from the prior week and decrease of 7,201 from same week in 2011).