SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending December 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 372,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 362,000. The 4-week moving average was 360,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week's revised average of 359,750.
In the week ending December 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 372,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 362,000. The 4-week moving average was 360,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week's revised average of 359,750.
The
advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent
for the week ending December 22, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised
rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment
during the week ending December 22 was 3,245,000, an increase of 44,000 from
the preceding week's revised level of 3,201,000. The 4-week moving average was
3,224,250, an increase of 6,500 from the preceding week's revised average of
3,217,750.
UNADJUSTED
DATA
The
advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted,
totaled 495,588 in the week ending December 29, an increase of 40,459 from the
previous week. There were 540,057 initial claims in the comparable week in
2011.
The
advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.6 percent during the week
ending December 22, a increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's
unrevised rate. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits
in state programs totaled 3,293,218, an increase of 43,722 from the preceding
week. A year earlier, the rate was 3.0 percent and the volume was 3,779,025.
The
total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending
December 15 was 5,402,987, a decrease of 68,727 from the previous week. There
were 7,223,309 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week
in 2011.
Extended
Benefits were not available in any state during the week ending December 15.
Initial
claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,732
in the week ending December 22, an increase of 52 from the prior week. There
were 2,575 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 1
from the preceding week.
There
were 22,220 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week
ending December 15, an increase of 1,125 from the previous week. Newly
discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 39,789, a decrease of 772 from
the prior week.
States
reported 2,065,706 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation)
benefits for the week ending December 15, a decrease of 30,537 from the prior
week. There were 2,932,561 persons claiming EUC in the comparable week in 2011.
EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.
The
highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 15 were in
Alaska (6.6), Puerto Rico (3.9), New Jersey (3.8), Pennsylvania (3.8), Montana
(3.6), California (3.4), Nevada (3.4), Oregon (3.4), Connecticut (3.3), and
Wisconsin (3.3).
The
largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 22 were in
Ohio (+8,795), Michigan (+6,641), Pennsylvania (+5,530), Kentucky (+4,745), and
Massachusetts (+4,330), while the largest decreases were in California
(-11,789), West Virginia (-473), Florida (-450), Arizona (-192) and South
Dakota (-186).
