Friday, September 21, 2012

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 375,750  last week to 377,750 this week.

The report dated 20 September 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 8 September 2012. During this week, 1,655 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 1,486 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.
  • 1,623 initial UI claims filed (increase of 12 from the prior week and decrease of 295 from same week in 2011).
  • 13,200 continued UI weeks claimed (decrease of 289 from the prior week and decrease of 5,581 from same week in 2011).
  • 4,997 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (decrease of 118 from the prior week and decrease of 7,822 from the same week in 2011).