Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

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 has increased from the revised number of 371,750  last week to 375,000 this week.

The report dated 13 September 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 1 September 2012. During this week, 1,486 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,761 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 1,611 initial UI claims filed (decrease of 56 from the prior week and decrease of 313 from same week in 2011).
• 13,488 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 395 from the prior week and decrease of 5,513 from same week in 2011).
• 5,115 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 355 from the prior week and decrease of 7,812 from the same week in 2011).