| In the week ending February 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 262,000, a decrease of
7,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 269,000. The 4-week moving average was 273,250, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 281,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending February 6, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending February 6 was 2,273,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 30 were in Alaska (4.7), West Virginia (3.7), New Jersey (3.4), Montana (3.3), Pennsylvania (3.3), Connecticut (3.0), Wyoming (3.0), Illinois (2.9), Puerto Rico (2.9), and Rhode Island (2.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending February 6 were in Texas (+1,674), Rhode Island (+783), Florida (+419), Michigan (+385), and Virginia (+370), while the largest decreases were in Illinois (-5,503), Tennessee (- 3,067), Pennsylvania (-2,284), Maryland (-1,911), and Ohio (-1,695). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2016 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
18 February 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 13 February 2016
11 February 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 06 February 2016
| In the week ending February 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 269,000, a decrease of
16,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 285,000. The 4-week moving average was 281,250, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 284,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending January 30, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 30 was 2,239,000, a decrease of 21,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 23 were in Alaska (4.8), West Virginia (3.6), Montana (3.4), New Jersey (3.3), Connecticut (3.1), Pennsylvania (3.1), Puerto Rico (3.0), Illinois (2.9), Massachusetts (2.9), and Wyoming (2.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 30 were in Illinois (+5,092), Tennessee (+4,211), Pennsylvania (+4,055), Maryland (+2,463), and New Jersey (+2,129), while the largest decreases were in California (- 2,873), Wisconsin (-1,246), Minnesota (-978), Michigan (-743), and Missouri (-738). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2016 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
04 February 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 30 January 2016
| In the week ending January 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 285,000, an increase of
8,000 from the previous week's revised level. [NOTE: 285,000 initial claims are actually 0.4% higher than the number of claims during the same week a year ago.] The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 278,000 to
277,000. The 4-week moving average was 284,750, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 250 from 283,000 to 282,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending January 23, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 23 was 2,255,000, a decrease of 18,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 16 were in Alaska (4.8), Montana (3.3), Pennsylvania (3.3), West Virginia (3.3), New Jersey (3.2), Puerto Rico (3.1), Connecticut (3.0), Illinois (2.9), Wyoming (2.9), and Massachusetts (2.8). The largest increase in initial claims for the week ending January 23 were in Kansas (+65), while the largest decreases were in California (-21,269), Pennsylvania (-6,355), Georgia (-6,113), Michigan (-5,036), and New Jersey (-4,111). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2016 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
28 January 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 23 January 2016
| In the week ending January 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, a decrease of
16,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 293,000 to
294,000. The 4-week moving average was 283,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 285,000 to 285,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending January 16, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 16 was 2,268,000, an increase of 49,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 9 were in Alaska (4.8), West Virginia (3.5), Montana (3.3), Puerto Rico (3.3), New Jersey (3.2), Pennsylvania (3.2), Connecticut (3.0), Illinois (2.8), Wyoming (2.8), California (2.7), and Massachusetts (2.7). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 16 were in California (+16,425), Puerto Rico (+1,771), Oregon (+192), and the Virgin Islands (+4), while the largest decreases were in New York (-17,476), Pennsylvania (- 15,349), Georgia (-11,141), Missouri (-7,446), and Texas (-7,132). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
21 January 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 16 January 2016
| In the week ending January 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 293,000, an increase of
10,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 284,000 to
283,000. The 4-week moving average was 285,000, an increase of 6,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 250 from 278,750 to 278,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending January 9, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 9 was 2,208,000, a decrease of 56,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 2 were in Alaska (4.6), New Jersey (3.5), Pennsylvania (3.4), Connecticut (3.2), Montana (3.2), West Virginia (3.2), Illinois (2.8), Massachusetts (2.8), Minnesota (2.8), and Rhode Island (2.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 9 were in California (+17,371), Texas (+13,399), New York (+6,819), Georgia (+5,901), and Missouri (+5,892), while the largest decreases were in Iowa (-2,737), Kentucky (- 1,790), Minnesota (-1,031), New Jersey (-698), and Michigan (-591). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
14 January 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 09 January 2016
| InIn the week ending January 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 284,000, an increase of 7,000
from the previous week's unrevised level of 277,000. The 4-week moving average was 278,750, an increase of 3,000
from the previous week's unrevised average of 275,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending January 2, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 2 was 2,263,000, an increase of 29,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 26 were in Alaska (4.9), Montana (3.2), New Jersey (2.9), Pennsylvania (2.8), West Virginia (2.8), Connecticut (2.7), Illinois (2.6), Minnesota (2.6), Wyoming (2.6), Massachusetts (2.5), Nevada (2.5), and Rhode Island (2.5). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 2 were in New York (+15,090), Georgia (+12,139), Pennsylvania (+11,216), Alabama (+3,272), and Wisconsin (+3,266), while the largest decreases were in Illinois (- 3,633), California (-2,191), Puerto Rico (-1,718), Ohio (-1,428), and Maryland (-1,061). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
07 January 2016
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 02 January 2016
| In the week ending January 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 277,000, a decrease of
10,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 287,000. The 4-week moving average was 275,750, a decrease of
1,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 277,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending December 26, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 26 was 2,230,000, an increase of 25,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 19 were in Alaska (4.3), New Jersey (2.7), Montana (2.6), Puerto Rico (2.6), Pennsylvania (2.5), West Virginia (2.5), Connecticut (2.3), Illinois (2.3), Nevada (2.3), and Massachusetts (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 26 were in New Jersey (+6,935), Michigan (+6,348), Kentucky (+5,497), Pennsylvania (+5,350), and Ohio (+3,901), while the largest decreases were in California (-9,900), Texas (-5,083), Florida (-2,474), North Carolina (-1,460), and Colorado (-1,272). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
31 December 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 26 December 2015
| In the week ending December 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 287,000, an increase of
20,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 267,000.
The 4-week moving average was 277,000, an increase of 4,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 272,500.  The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 12 were in Alaska (4.8), Puerto Rico (2.9), Montana (2.8), New Jersey (2.7), Pennsylvania (2.7), West Virginia (2.6), California (2.5), Illinois (2.4), Wyoming (2.4), Connecticut (2.3), and Nevada (2.3). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 19 were in Virginia (+2,047), Illinois (+1,954), Iowa (+1,128), Kentucky (+1,116), and Kansas (+1,076), while the largest decreases were in California (-2,903), Michigan (-2,586), Pennsylvania (-1,280), Texas (-1,152), and New York (-1,119). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
24 December 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 03 October 2015
| In the week ending December 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 267,000, a decrease of
5,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 271,000 to
272,000. The 4-week moving average was 272,500, an increase of 1,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 270,500 to 270,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending December 12, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 12 was 2,195,000, a decrease of 47,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 5 were in Alaska (4.2), Puerto Rico (3.0), West Virginia (2.8), Montana (2.6), New Jersey (2.6), Pennsylvania (2.6), California (2.4), Connecticut (2.3), Illinois (2.2), and Nevada (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 12 were in Michigan (+905), Rhode Island (+199), Ohio (+196), Arizona (+78), and Louisiana (+29), while the largest decreases were in New York (-10,297), Pennsylvania (-9,554), Wisconsin (-6,195), Georgia (-5,772), and Texas (-4,535). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
17 December 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 12 December 2015
| In the week ending December 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 271,000, a decrease of
11,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 282,000.
The 4-week moving average was 270,500, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 270,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending December 5, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 5 was 2,238,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending November 28 were in Alaska (4.5), Puerto Rico (3.2), California (2.7), Montana (2.7), New Jersey (2.7), West Virginia (2.7), Pennsylvania (2.4), Connecticut (2.3), Nevada (2.3), and Wyoming (2.3). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 5 were in California (+22,487), New York (+13,113), Pennsylvania (+12,021), Texas (+10,782), and Georgia (+8,275), while the largest decreases were in Kentucky (-1,256), Arkansas (-533), Louisiana (-140), and Kansas (-90). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
10 December 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 05 December 2015
| In the week ending December 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 282,000, an increase of
13,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 269,000.
The 4-week moving average was 270,750, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 269,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending November 28, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 28 was 2,243,000, an increase of 82,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 2,161,000. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending November 21 were in Alaska (4.0), Puerto Rico (3.0), New Jersey (2.4), Pennsylvania (2.2), Montana (2.1), Nevada (2.1), West Virginia (2.1), Connecticut (2.0), the Virgin Islands (2.0), Massachusetts (1.9), and Wyoming (1.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 28 were in Wisconsin (+4,677), Ohio (+2,212), Kentucky (+1,953), Kansas (+638), and Arkansas (+612), while the largest decreases were in California (-20,308), Texas (-7,225), New York (-3,042), Florida (-2,898), and Oregon (-2,432). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
03 December 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 28 November 2015
| In the week ending November 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 269,000, an increase of
9,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 260,000. The 4-week moving average was 269,250, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 271,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending November 21, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 21 was 2,161,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending November 14 were in Alaska (4.0), Puerto Rico (3.1), New Jersey (2.5), California (2.2), Pennsylvania (2.2), West Virginia (2.2), Connecticut (2.1), Montana (2.1), the Virgin Islands (2.1), Nevada (2.0), and Wyoming (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 21 were in California (+7,941), Illinois (+3,617), Minnesota (+2,612), Iowa (+2,064), and Wisconsin (+1,994), while the largest decreases were in Louisiana (-792), Rhode Island (-207), Delaware (-73), Nevada (-48), and Puerto Rico (-23). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
25 November 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 21 November 2015
| In the week ending November 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 260,000, a decrease of
12,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 271,000 to
272,000. The 4-week moving average was 271,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 270,750 to 271,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending November 14, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 14 was 2,207,000, an increase of 34,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending November 7 were in Alaska (3.6), Puerto Rico (3.1), New Jersey (2.4), the Virgin Islands (2.4), Pennsylvania (2.1), California (2.0), Connecticut (2.0), Nevada (2.0), West Virginia (2.0), and Illinois (1.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 14 were in Louisiana (+1,389), Idaho (+401), Minnesota (+107), North Dakota (+71), and Rhode Island (+37), while the largest decreases were in Texas (-3,120), Kansas (-2,034), New Jersey (-2,013), California (-1,824), and Tennessee (-1,710). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
19 November 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 14 November 2015
| In the week ending November 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 271,000, a decrease of
5,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 276,000. The 4-week moving average was 270,750, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 267,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending November 7, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 7 was 2,175,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 31 were in Alaska (3.4), Puerto Rico (3.0), the Virgin Islands (2.7), New Jersey (2.3), California (2.1), Pennsylvania (2.1), Connecticut (2.0), Nevada (2.0), West Virginia (2.0), and Illinois (1.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 7 were in New Jersey (+2,963), Pennsylvania (+2,840), Georgia (+2,509), Texas (+2,455), and New York (+2,237), while the largest decreases were in Louisiana (- 632), Michigan (-520), California (-336), Arkansas (-297), and Kentucky (-193). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
12 November 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 07 November 2015
| In the week ending November 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 276,000, unchanged
from the previous week's unrevised level. The 4-week moving average was 267,750, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 262,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending October 31, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 31 was 2,174,000, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 24 were in Puerto Rico (3.3), Alaska (3.1), the Virgin Islands (2.9), New Jersey (2.3), California (2.1), Connecticut (2.0), Nevada (2.0), Pennsylvania (2.0), West Virginia (1.9), and Illinois (1.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 31 were in Michigan (+3,942), California (+2,150), Illinois (+1,796), Wisconsin (+1,544), and Ohio (+1,198), while the largest decreases were in New York (-777), South Carolina (-571), Idaho (-372), Georgia (-365), and Tennessee (-316). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
05 November 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 31 October 2015
| In the week ending October 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 276,000, an increase of
16,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 260,000. The 4-week moving average was 262,750, an increase of 3,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 259,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending October 24, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 24 was 2,163,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 17 were in Puerto Rico (3.2), the Virgin Islands (3.2), Alaska (3.0), New Jersey (2.3), California (2.1), Connecticut (2.0), Nevada (2.0), Pennsylvania (2.0), West Virginia (1.9), and Illinois (1.7). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 24 were in California (+2,269), New York (+1,853), Pennsylvania (+1,351), New Jersey (+1,323), and Illinois (+1,243), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (- 2,600), South Carolina (-1,181), Kentucky (-214), Missouri (-104), and Delaware (-88). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
29 October 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 24 October 2015
| In the week ending October 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 260,000, an increase of
1,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 259,000. The 4-week moving average was 259,250, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 263,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending October 17, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 17 was 2,144,000, a decrease of 37,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 10 were in Alaska (5.4), Puerto Rico (3.3), the Virgin Islands (2.8), New Jersey (2.3), California (2.0), Connecticut (2.0), Nevada (2.0), Pennsylvania (2.0), West Virginia (1.9), and Illinois (1.7). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 17 were in South Carolina (+2,156), Michigan (+2,117), Minnesota (+525), Vermont (+103), and Wyoming (+69), while the largest decreases were in Pennsylvania (- 3,583), Texas (-2,893), Georgia (-2,524), New York (-2,174), and Florida (-1,801). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
22 October 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 17 October 2015
| In the week ending October 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 259,000, an increase of
3,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 255,000 to
256,000. The 4-week moving average was 263,250, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 15, 1973 when it was 256,750. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 265,000 to 265,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending October 10, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 10 was 2,170,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 3 were in Puerto Rico (3.2), the Virgin Islands (3.0), Alaska (2.4), New Jersey (2.2), California (2.0), Connecticut (2.0), Nevada (2.0), Pennsylvania (2.0), West Virginia (1.9), Illinois (1.7), and Massachusetts (1.7). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 10 were in Texas (+2,627), New York (+2,269), Pennsylvania (+2,136), California (+1,767), and Georgia (+1,685), while the largest decreases were in Nebraska (-290), Ohio (-277), Kentucky (-101), Maine (-49), and New Jersey (-12). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
15 October 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 10 October 2015
| In the week ending October 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 255,000, a decrease of
7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 263,000 to
262,000. The 4-week moving average was 265,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 15, 1973 when it was 256,750. The previous week's average was revised down by 250 from 267,500 to 267,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending October 3, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 3 was 2,158,000, a decrease of 50,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 26 were in Puerto Rico (3.4), the Virgin Islands (2.9), Alaska (2.5), New Jersey (2.3), Nevada (2.2), California (2.1), Pennsylvania (2.1), Connecticut (2.0), Illinois (1.8), and West Virginia (1.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 3 were in Pennsylvania (+2,548), California (+2,351), Texas (+1,323), Georgia (+1,235), and Arizona (+722), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-2,436), New York (-1,614), Nevada (-439), Puerto Rico (-242), and Oregon (-172). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
08 October 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 03 October 2015
| In the week ending October 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 263,000, a decrease of
13,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 277,000 to
276,000. The 4-week moving average was 267,500, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's revised average. The
previous week's average was revised down by 250 from 270,750 to 270,500.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending September 26, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 26 was 2,204,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 19 were in Puerto Rico (3.2), the Virgin Islands (3.0), Alaska (2.3), New Jersey (2.3), California (2.2), Nevada (2.2), Connecticut (2.0), Pennsylvania (2.0), West Virginia (1.8), Illinois (1.7), and Massachusetts. The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 26 were in Michigan (+2,837), Illinois (+871), New York (+708), New Jersey (+558), and Puerto Rico (+194), while the largest decreases were in Kansas (-2,588), Georgia (-868), South Carolina (-789), Missouri (-524), and Texas (-501). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |