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 372,000 last week to 383,750 this week.

The report dated 15 November 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 3 November 2012. During this week, 2,428 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,282 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 2,256 initial UI claims filed (increase of 117 from the prior week and increase of 29 from same week in 2011).
• 14,124 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 583 from the prior week and decrease of 3,877 from same week in 2011).
• 6,378 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (increase of 251 from the prior week and decrease of 5,883 from the same week in 2011).