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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending April 11, 2015


Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2015.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending April 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 294,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 281,000 to 282,000. The 4-week moving average was 282,750, an increase of 250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 250 from 282,250 to 282,500.

There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending April 4, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending April 4 was 2,268,000, a decrease of 40,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for insured unemployment since December 9, 2000 when it was 2,263,000. The previous week’s level was revised up 4,000 from 2,304,000 to 2,308,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,329,000, a decrease of 32,750 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 30, 2000 when it was 2,325,750. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,000 from 2,360,750 to 2,361,750.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 307,500 in the week ending April 11, an increase of 53,967 (or 21.3 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 41,129 (or 16.2 percent) from the previous week. There were 318,793 initial claims in the comparable week in 2014. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent during the week ending April 4, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,374,817, a decrease of 101,432 (or -4.1 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 60,002 (or -2.4 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 2.2 percent and the volume was 2,853,279.

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending March 28 was 2,527,259, a decrease of 90,744 from the previous week. There were 3,007,432 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2014.

No state was triggered “on” the Extended Benefits program during the week ending March 28.

Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 816 in the week ending April 4, a decrease of 51 from the prior week. There were 1,407 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 88 from the preceding week.

There were 13,255 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending March 28, a decrease of 1,303 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 20,634, a decrease of 1,239 from the prior week.

The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending March 28 were in Alaska (3.9), New Jersey (3.2), Connecticut (3.0), Rhode Island (3.0), Massachusetts (2.9), Pennsylvania (2.9), Puerto Rico (2.7), California (2.6), Illinois (2.6), Montana (2.5), and the Virgin Islands (2.5).

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 4 were in Pennsylvania (+3,478), New Jersey (+2,572), Illinois (+2,012), Wisconsin (+1,401), and Maryland (+1,091), while the largest decreases were in California (-3,647), New York (-1,004), Indiana (-399), North Carolina (-358), and Louisiana (-324).

Source: dol.gov


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