National

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Jan. 9, 2016


Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2016

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In 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.

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 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 previous week’s level was revised up 4,000 from 2,230,000 to 2,234,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,224,250, an increase of 5,250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,000 from 2,218,000 to 2,219,000.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 503,919 in the week ending January 9, an increase of 98,548 (or 24.3 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 85,501 (or 21.1 percent) from the previous week. There were 529,685 initial claims in the comparable week in 2015. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.1 percent during the week ending January 2, an increase of 0.3 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,801,528, an increase of 299,053 (or 12.0 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 263,654 (or 10.5 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 2.2 percent and the volume was 2,990,365.

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending December 26 was 2,549,166, an increase of 313,150 from the previous week. There were 2,853,148 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 December 26.

Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,071 in the week ending January 2, an increase of 181 from the prior week. There were 875 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 145 from the preceding week.

There were 15,123 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending December 26, an increase of 2,160 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 16,454, an increase of 851 from the prior week.

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).

Source: http://www.dol.gov


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