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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending July 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted
initial claims was 336,000, a decrease of 58,000 from the previous week's
revised figure of 394,000. The 4-week moving average was 372,500, an increase
of 1,250 from the previous week's revised average of 371,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0
percent for the week ending July 4, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised
rate of 2.0 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during
the week ending July 4 was 2,397,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the preceding
week's revised level of 2,405,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,292,750, an
increase of 72,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,220,250.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs,
unadjusted, totaled 427,781 in the week ending July 11, an increase of 48,529
from the previous week. There were 434,602 initial claims in the comparable
week in 1997.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent during
the week ending July 4, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior
week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state
programs totaled 2,267,863, an increase of 187,742 from the preceding week. A
year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent and the volume was 2,257,517.
Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending
June 27.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees
totaled 2,388 in the week ending July 4, an increase of 504 from the prior
week. There were 1,385 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase
of 48 from the preceding week.
There were 15,306 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits
for the week ending June 27, a decrease of 347 from the previous week. Newly
discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 14,285, a decrease of 159 from
the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 27 were
in Puerto Rico (6.3 percent), Alaska (3.8), Rhode Island (2.9), California
(2.6), Michigan (2.6), Oregon (2.6), Pennsylvania (2.6), Hawaii (2.5),
Washington (2.5), and New Jersey (2.4).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 4 were
in Michigan (+10,039), Kentucky (+6,259), New York (+6,251), Indiana (+3,656),
and Wisconsin (+3,398), while the largest decreases were in New Jersey
(-4,443), Ohio (-1,975), Virginia (-1,952), Oklahoma (-1,785), and Connecticut
(-1,366).
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
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Advance Prior1
WEEK ENDING July 11 July 4 Change June 27 Year
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Initial Claims (SA) 336,000 394,000 -58,000 394,000 344,000
Initial Claims (NSA) 427,781 379,252 +48,529 348,842 434,602
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 372,500 371,250 +1,250 351,250 345,750
Advance Prior1
WEEK ENDING July 4 June 27 Change June 20 Year
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Ins. Unemployment (SA) 2,397,000 2,405,000 -8,000 2,207,000 2,354,000
Ins. Unemployment (NSA) 2,267,863 2,080,121 +187,742 1,986,680 2,257,517
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 2,292,750 2,220,250 +72,500 2,150,000 2,325,500
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 2.0% 2.0% 0.0 1.9% 2.0%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 1.9% 1.8% +0.1 1.7% 1.9%
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INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
WEEK ENDING July 4 June 27 Change Year
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Federal Employees 2,388 1,884 +504 3,154
Newly Discharged Veterans 1,385 1,337 +48 1,809
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PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
WEEK ENDING June 27 June 20 Change Year
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Federal Employees 15,306 15,653 -347 18,310
Newly Discharged Veterans 14,285 14,444 -159 17,223
Railroad Retirement Board 2,000 2,000 0 2,000
Extended Benefits 3,048 11,027 -7,979 666
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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 119,516,710 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 07/04/1998
-STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
NJ -4,443 Decrease due to a shorter workweek (Independence Day Holiday), as well
as fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service, and transportation
industries.
OH -1,975 No comment.
VA -1,952 Fewer layoffs in the textile, apparel, furniture, tobacco, and
electrical equipment industries.
OK -1,785 No comment.
CT -1,366 No comment.
MA -1,292 No comment.
-STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
AL +1,040 Layoffs in the textile, apparel, electrical machinery, and
transportation equipment industries.
SC +1,200 Layoffs in the textile industry.
IA +1,327 No comment.
OR +1,344 No comment.
TN +1,413 Layoffs in the textile, apparel, furniture, lumber/wood,
rubber/plastics, leather goods, fabricated metals, industrial machinery,
electrical equipment, transportation equipment, scientific instruments,
trade, and service industries, and manufacturing.
TX +1,426 Layoffs in the electrical equipment, apparel, scientific instruments,
non-electrical machinery, trade, and service industries.
PR +1,457 No comment.
NC +2,437 Layoffs in the textile, furniture, and non-electrical machinery
industries.
AR +2,663 Layoffs in the transportation equipment, apparel, leather goods, and
non-electrical machinery industries.
WI +3,398 Layoffs in the service industry, and manufacturing.
IN +3,656 Layoffs in the automobile and other industries, an indirect effect of
the General Motors strike.
NY +6,251 Layoffs in various industries, an indirect effect of the General Motors
strike.
KY +6,259 No comment.
MI +10,039 Most layoffs were for model changeover in the automobile industry, but
many layoffs were the indirect effect of the General Motors strike.
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