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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending Jan. 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted
initial claims was 352,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's
revised figure of 356,000. The 4-week moving average was 342,250, an increase
of 13,000 from the previous week's revised average of 329,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9
percent for the week ending Jan. 2, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised
rate of 1.9 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during
the week ending Jan. 2 was 2,338,000, an increase of 30,000 from the preceding
week's revised level of 2,308,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,268,000, an
increase of 23,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,244,500.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs,
unadjusted, totaled 697,477 in the week ending Jan. 9, an increase of 188,809
from the previous week. There were 681,810 initial claims in the comparable
week in 1998.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent during
the week ending Jan. 2, an increase of 0.4 percentage point from the prior
week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state
programs totaled 3,046,125, an increase of 574,006 from the preceding week. A
year earlier, the rate was 2.7 percent and the volume was 3,176,726.
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
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Advance Prior1
WEEK ENDING Jan. 9 Jan. 2 Change Dec. 26 Year
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Initial Claims (SA) 352,000 356,000 -4,000 372,000 339,000
Initial Claims (NSA) 697,477 508,668 +188,809 442,847 681,810
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 342,250 329,250 +13,000 322,250 322,250
Advance Prior1
WEEK ENDING Jan. 2 Dec. 26 Change Dec. 19 Year
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Ins. Unemployment (SA) 2,338,000 2,308,000 +30,000 2,212,000 2,414,000
Ins. Unemployment (NSA) 3,046,125 2,472,119 +574,006 2,123,275 3,176,726
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 2,268,000 2,244,500 +23,500 2,230,750 2,307,500
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 1.9% 1.9% 0.0 1.8% 2.1%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 2.5% 2.1% +0.4 1.8% 2.7%
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INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
WEEK ENDING Jan. 2 Dec. 26 Change Year
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Federal Employees 1,259 1,554 -295 1,778
Newly Discharged Veterans 1,134 965 +169 1,368
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PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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Prior1
WEEK ENDING Dec. 26 Dec. 19 Change Year
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Federal Employees 19,808 20,327 -519 26,621
Newly Discharged Veterans 15,599 14,134 +1,465 17,961
Railroad Retirement Board 6,000 6,000 0 3,000
Extended Benefits 9,861 9,482 +379 1,882
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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 120,836,377 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 01/02/1999
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
IL -7,311 Fewer layoffs in the construction and trade industries, and manufacturing.
CA -4,014 No comment.
TX -3,804 Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service, transportation,
fabricated metals, chemical, furniture, and non-electrical machinery
industries.
OR -3,072 No comment.
WA -3,055 No comment.
OH -2,780 No comment.
FL -2,335 Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, and service industries,
manufacturing, and agriculture.
CO -1,872 No comment.
ND -1,189 No comment.
NV -1,063 No comment.
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
WI +1,073 Layoffs in the construction, trade, service, and transportation industries,
and manufacturing.
KS +1,330 No comment.
NH +1,577 No comment.
VA +1,600 Layoffs in the textile, apparel, furniture, lumber/wood, and non-electrical
machinery industries.
NJ +1,622 Layoffs in the construction, service, and transportation industries.
RI +1,628 Layoffs in the service industry, and manufacturing.
MD +2,036 No comment.
MS +2,147 Layoffs in the textile, apparel, and transportation equipment industries.
CT +2,416 No comment.
AR +2,770 Layoffs in the apparel, leather goods, trade, and non-electrical machinery
industries.
GA +5,218 Layoffs in the textile and carpets/rugs industries.
AL +6,771 Layoffs in the apparel, service, construction, and lumber/wood industries.
PA +7,771 Layoffs in the printing/publishing, rubber/plastics, furniture, primary
metals, electrical equipment, and transportation industries.
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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State Change State Supplied Comment
SC +9,131 No comment.
MI +10,735 Layoffs in various industries scattered throughout the state.
TN +12,761 Layoffs in the construction, trade, service, food, textile, apparel,
lumber/wood, printing/publishing, rubber/plastics, furniture, leather
goods, electrical equipment, transportation equipment, fabricated metals,
and scientific instruments industries.
NY +13,512 No comment.
NC +15,543 Layoffs in the construction, textile, apparel, furniture, lumber/wood,
rubber/plastics, non-electrical machinery, and electrical equipment
industries.
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