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In the week ending Jan. 1, the advance figure for
seasonally adjusted initial claims was 309,000, an increase of 33,000 from the
previous week's revised figure of 276,000. The 4-week moving average was
283,750, an increase of 3,500 from the previous week's revised average of
280,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate
was 1.8 percent for the week ending Dec. 25, an increase of 0.1 percentage
point from the prior week's revised rate of 1.7 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured
unemployment during the week ending Dec. 25 was 2,231,000, an increase of
77,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,154,000. The 4-week moving
average was 2,143,750, an increase of 28,250 from the preceding week's revised
average of 2,115,500.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state
programs, unadjusted, totaled 438,205 in the week ending Jan. 1, an increase of
59,716 from the previous week. There were 508,983 initial claims in the
comparable week in 1999.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9
percent during the week ending Dec. 25, an increase of 0.2 percentage point
from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI
benefits in state programs totaled 2,320,015, an increase of 224,621 from the
preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 2.1 percent and the volume was
2,485,965.
Extended benefits were not available in any state during
the week ending Dec. 18.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian
employees totaled 1,644 in the week ending Dec. 25, an increase of 320 from the
prior week. There were 857 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a
decrease of 322 from the preceding week.
There were 20,550 former Federal civilian employees
claiming UI benefits for the week ending Dec. 18, an increase of 1,227 from the
previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 13,102, a
decrease of 1,025 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending
Dec. 18 were in Alaska (5.3 percent), Puerto Rico (5.0), Washington (3.0),
Rhode Island (2.9), California (2.8), Oregon (2.8), Idaho (2.7), Montana (2.4),
Pennsylvania (2.4), Arkansas (2.2), Nevada (2.2), and New Jersey (2.2).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending
Dec. 25 were in Wisconsin (+9,754), Iowa (+4,030), Kentucky (+3,914),
Massachusetts (+3,803), and Indiana (+3,398), while the largest decreases were
in North Carolina (-2,429), Virginia (-2,350), Alabama (-848), South Carolina
(-656), and Louisiana (-478).
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR
STATE PROGRAMS
|
Advance |
|
|
|
Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Aug. 25 |
Aug.
18 |
Change |
Aug. 11 |
Year |
| Initial Claims
(SA) |
399,000 |
400,000 |
-1,000 |
385,000 |
318,000 |
| Initial Claims (NSA) |
304,369 |
316,925 |
-12,556 |
332,884 |
238,162 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
393,000 |
380,500 |
+12,500 |
372,000 |
313,250 |
|
Advance |
|
|
|
Prior1 |
| WEEK ENDING |
Aug.
18 |
Aug. 11 |
Change |
Aug.
4 |
Year |
| Ins. Unemployment (SA) |
3,170,000 |
3,164,000 |
+6,000 |
3,053,000 |
2,164,000 |
| Ins. Unemployment (NSA) |
2,869,266 |
2,932,889 |
-63,623 |
2,897,445 |
1,931,637 |
| 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) |
3,115,250 |
3,069,000 |
+46,250 |
3,045,000 |
2,133,750 |
| Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 |
2.5% |
2.5% |
0.0 |
2.4% |
1.7% |
| Ins. Unemployment
Rate (NSA)2 |
2.2% |
2.3% |
-0.1 |
2.3% |
1.5% |
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
| |
|
|
|
Prior1 |
| WEEK
ENDING |
Aug. 18 |
Aug. 11 |
Change |
Year |
| Federal
Employees |
1,093 |
1,125 |
-32 |
2,123 |
| Newly
Discharged Veterans |
1,348 |
1,252 |
+96 |
1,142 |
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)
|
|
|
|
Prior1
|
| WEEK
ENDING |
Aug. 11
|
Aug. 4 |
Change
|
Year
|
| Federal
Employees |
17,476 |
16,307 |
+1,169 |
18,610 |
| Newly Discharged
Veterans |
14,256 |
13,762 |
+494 |
12,358 |
| Railroad
Retirement Board |
3,000 |
3,000 |
0 |
3,000 |
| Extended
Benefits |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
2 |
FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data
NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1 - Prior year
is comparable to most recent data.
2 - Most recent week
used covered employment of 128,116,562 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 08/18/2001
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| State |
Change |
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State Supplied
Comment |
| CA |
-5,259 |
|
Fewer layoffs in the service industry, and
agriculture. |
| GA |
-3,275 |
|
Fewer layoffs in the trade and other
manufacturing industries, not specified. |
| TN |
-2,058 |
|
Fewer layoffs in the textile, apparel,
furniture, trade, electronic equipment, fabricated metals, industrial
machinery, lumber/wood, and rubber/plastics industries. |
| IA |
-1,801 |
|
No comment. |
| OR |
-1,474 |
|
No comment. |
| OK |
-1,400 |
|
No comment. |
| KY |
-1,306 |
|
No comment. |
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
| NY |
+1,056 |
|
No comment. |
| MO |
+1,199 |
|
Layoffs in the transportation industry.
|
| MI |
+2,502 |
|
Layoffs in the automobile industry. |
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