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 386,750 last week to 396,250 this week.

The report dated 22 November 2012 reflects our unemployment numbers for week-ending 10 November 2012. During this week, 2,638 initial claims were filed in Utah compared to 2,428 the prior week. The numbers listed below are based on the four-week moving average.

• 2,439 initial UI claims filed (increase of 183 from the prior week and increase of 64 from same week in 2011).
• 14,645 continued UI weeks claimed (increase of 521 from the prior week and decrease of 3,617 from same week in 2011).
• 6,551 continued EUC08 weeks claimed (increase of 173 from the prior week and decrease of 5,755 from the same week in 2011).