<H3>• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 14 December 2013 </H3> [Jobless]

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In the week ending December 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 379,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's figure of 369,000. The 4-week moving average was 343,500, an increase of 13,250 from the previous week's revised average of 330,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.2 percent for the week ending December 7, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 7 were in Alaska (6.0), Puerto Rico (3.6), New Jersey (3.5), California (3.4), Connecticut (3.1), Pennsylvania (3.1), West Virginia (3.0), Wisconsin (3.0), Montana (2.9), and Oregon (2.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 7 were in California (+21,876), New York (+14,322), Pennsylvania (+14,004), Georgia (+11,582), and Texas (+9,761), while the largest decreases were in Ohio (-1,095), Kentucky (-838), Vermont (-400), Massachusetts (-317), and New Mexico (-176). Click on chart to enlarge Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS

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