Advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate down

21 Sep '07

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Seasonally Adjusted Data:
In the week ending Sept. 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 311,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 320,000. The 4-week moving average was 320,750, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's revised average of 324,250.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending Sept. 8, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.0 percent.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Sept. 8 was 2,544,000, a decrease of 53,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,597,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,576,500, a decrease of 5,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,582,000.

Unadjusted Data:
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 259,721 in the week ending Sept. 15, an increase of 14,270 from the previous week. There were 267,036 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the week ending Sept. 8, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,246,792, an increase of 10,389 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7 percent and the volume was 2,152,929.

Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Sept. 1.

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