Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2014.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending September 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 287,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 293,000 to 295,000. The 4-week moving average was 294,750, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 500 from 298,500 to 299,000. There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending September 20, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 20 was 2,398,000, a decrease of 45,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for insured unemployment since June 17, 2006 when it was 2,395,000. The previous week’s level was revised up 4,000 from 2,439,000 to 2,443,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,441,250, a decrease of 20,000 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since November 11, 2006 when it was 2,439,500. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,000 from 2,460,250 to 2,461,250.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 227,110 in the week ending September 27, a decrease of 12,920 (or -5.4 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 7,077 (or -2.9 percent) from the previous week. There were 252,196 initial claims in the comparable week in 2013.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent during the week ending September 20, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,067,501, a decrease of 48,438 (or -2.3 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 9,773 (or -0.5 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.9 percent and the volume was 2,513,759.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending September 13 was 2,172,696, a decrease of 49,493 from the previous week. There were 3,995,663 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2013.
No state was triggered “on” the Extended Benefits program during the week ending September 13.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,027 in the week ending September 20, a decrease of 127 from the prior week. There were 1,876 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 91 from the preceding week.
There were 15,996 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending September 13, an increase of 253 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 24,945, an increase of 721 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 13 were in Puerto Rico (3.7), Alaska (2.9), New Jersey (2.8), California (2.6), Connecticut (2.4), Virgin Islands (2.4), Nevada (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.2), Illinois (2.0), and Massachusetts (2.0).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 20 were in California (+8,830), Michigan (+1,994), Kentucky (+516), Delaware (+412), and Arizona (+201), while the largest decreases were in New York (-3,059), Missouri (-1,792), Georgia (-1,011), Pennsylvania (-829), and Oregon (-828).
Source: dol.gov
