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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending Jan. 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted
initial claims was 335,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's
revised figure of 332,000. The 4-week moving average was 322,500, an increase
of 3,750 from the previous week's revised average of 318,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0
percent for the week ending Jan. 3, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised
rate of 2.0 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during
the week ending Jan. 3 was 2,377,000, an increase of 36,000 from the preceding
week's revised level of 2,341,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,295,500, an
increase of 36,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,259,000.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs,
unadjusted, totaled 674,244 in the week ending Jan. 10, an increase of 196,080
from the previous week. There were 654,415 initial claims in the comparable
week in 1997.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.7 percent during
the week ending Jan. 3, an increase of 0.5 percentage point from the prior
week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state
programs totaled 3,121,263, an increase of 534,970 from the preceding week. A
year earlier, the rate was 3.0 percent and the volume was 3,408,571.
Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending
Dec. 27.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees
totaled 1,776 in the week ending Jan. 3, an increase of 70 from the prior week.
There were 1,364 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of
197 from the preceding week.
There were 26,621 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits
for the week ending Dec. 27, a decrease of 75 from the previous week. Newly
discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 17,882, an increase of 2,239 from
the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Dec. 27 were
in Alaska (6.1 percent), Puerto Rico (5.6), Rhode Island (4.1), Idaho (3.9),
Washington (3.9), Oregon (3.7), Arkansas (3.4), Pennsylvania (3.2), Wisconsin
(3.2), California (3.1), and Vermont (3.1).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Jan. 3 were
in North Carolina (+21,813), New York (+19,445), South Carolina (+13,349),
Tennessee (+12,623), and Alabama (+4,942), while the largest decreases were in
Texas (-13,103), Wisconsin (-6,986), Massachusetts (-4,993), Iowa (-3,952), and
California (-3,948).
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
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Advance Prior1
WEEK ENDING Jan. 10 Jan. 3 Change Dec. 27 Year
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Initial Claims (SA) 335,000 332,000 +3,000 318,000 324,000
Initial Claims (NSA) 674,244 478,164 +196,080 445,170 654,415
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 322,500 318,750 +3,750 314,250 351,250
Advance Prior1
WEEK ENDING Jan. 3 Dec. 27 Change Dec. 20 Year
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Ins. Unemployment (SA) 2,377,000 2,341,000 +36,000 2,237,000 2,578,000
Ins. Unemployment (NSA) 3,121,263 2,586,293 +534,970 2,134,056 3,408,571
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 2,295,500 2,259,000 +36,500 2,237,250 2,534,250
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 2.0% 2.0% 0.0 1.9% 2.2%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 2.7% 2.2% +0.5 1.8% 3.0%
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INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
WEEK ENDING Jan. 3 Dec. 27 Change Year
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Federal Employees 1,776 1,706 +70 2,190
Newly Discharged Veterans 1,364 1,167 +197 1,817
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PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
WEEK ENDING Dec. 27 Dec. 20 Change Year
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Federal Employees 26,621 26,696 -75 27,239
Newly Discharged Veterans 17,882 15,643 +2,239 23,187
Railroad Retirement Board 3,000 3,000 0 5,000
Extended Benefits 1,882 6,145 -4,263 57
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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 117,629,445 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 01/03/1998
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
TX -13,103 Fewer layoffs in the trade, service, food, oil/gas, apparel, and chemical
industries.
WI -6,986 Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, and service industries, and
manufacturing.
MA -4,993 No comment.
IA -3,952 No comment.
CA -3,948 Fewer layoffs in agriculture.
KY -3,819 Fewer layoffs in the fabricated metals and electrical equipment industries.
IL -2,841 Fewer layoffs in the construction and service industries, and manufacturing.
OH -2,802 No comment.
WA -2,723 No comment.
VA -2,703 Fewer layoffs in the textile, apparel, furniture, fabricated metals, and
electrical equipment industries.
OR -2,436 No comment.
IN -1,386 No comment.
ID -1,107 No comment.
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
MS +1,004 Layoffs in the apparel, furniture, and printing/publishing industries.
MO +1,258 Layoffs in the construction industry.
MD +1,372 No comment.
AR +1,768 Layoffs in the apparel, furniture, rubber/plastics, and leather goods
industries.
CT +2,177 No comment.
GA +2,472 Layoffs in the textile industry, and manufacturing.
PA +4,467 Layoffs in the lumber/wood and transportation industries, and manufacturing.
AL +4,942 Layoffs in the textile, apparel, service, furniture, and lumber/wood
industries.
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
TN +12,623 Layoffs in the construction, trade, service, textile, apparel, furniture,
lumber/wood, food, rubber/plastics, stone/clay/glass, leather goods,
industrial machinery, electrical equipment, and transportation equipment
industries.
SC +13,349 No comment.
NY +19,445 No comment.
NC +21,813 Layoffs in the construction, service, tobacco, textile, apparel, furniture,
stone/clay/glass, electrical equipment, and non-electrical machinery
industries.
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