Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending July 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 334,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 358,000. The 4-week moving average was 346,000, a decrease of 5,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 351,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent for the week ending July 6, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 6 was 3,114,000, an increase of 91,000 from the preceding week’s revised level of 3,023,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,019,250, an increase of 37,000 from the preceding week’s revised average of 2,982,250.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 408,710 in the week ending July 13, an increase of 25,350 from the previous week. There were 455,260 initial claims in the comparable week in 2012.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent during the week ending July 6, an increase of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week’s revised rate. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,144,838, an increase of 333,812 from the preceding week’s revised level of 2,811,026. A year earlier, the rate was 2.6 percent and the volume was 3,360,067.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending June 29 was 4,519,501, a decrease of 1,903 from the previous week. There were 5,753,820 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2012.
Extended Benefits were not available in any state during the week ending June 29.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,723 in the week ending July 6, a decrease of 622 from the prior week. There were 2,043 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 274 from the preceding week.
There were 17,813 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 29, an increase of 930 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 33,132, a decrease of 594 from the prior week.
States reported 1,636,731 persons claiming Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits for the week ending June 29, a decrease of 24,152 from the prior week. There were 2,524,363 persons claiming EUC in the comparable week in 2012. EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 6 were in Puerto Rico (4.7), Alaska (3.7), California (3.2), Connecticut (3.2), New Jersey (3.2), New Mexico (3.2), Pennsylvania (3.2), Nevada (2.8), New York (2.7), and Oregon (2.7).
The largest decreases in initial claims for the week ending July 6 were in New Jersey (-4,370), California (-4,265), Texas (-3,133), North Carolina (-2,236), and Washington (-1,253), while the largest increases were in Michigan (+17,700), New York (+15,163), Pennsylvania (+4,831), Kentucky (+4,386), and Ohio (+3,771).
Source: dol.gov
