Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2016
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending February 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 269,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 285,000. The 4-week moving average was 281,250, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 284,750.
There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent for the week ending January 30, a decrease 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 30 was 2,239,000, a decrease of 21,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up 5,000 from 2,255,000 to 2,260,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,248,000, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,500 from 2,252,750 to 2,254,250.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 290,804 in the week ending February 6, a decrease of 21,136 (or -6.8 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 3,988 (or -1.3 percent) from the previous week. There were 324,158 initial claims in the comparable week in 2015. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0 percent during the week ending January 30, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,667,113, a decrease of 21,745 (or -0.8 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 2,260 (or 0.1 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 2.1 percent and the volume was 2,795,972.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending January 23 was 2,739,533, an increase of 35,680 from the previous week. There were 2,885,992 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2015.
No state was triggered “on” the Extended Benefits program during the week ending January 23.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,022 in the week ending January 30, an increase of 85 from the prior week. There were 1,180 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 102 from the preceding week.
There were 15,233 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending January 23, an increase of 1,202 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 16,304, an increase of 127 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 23 were in Alaska (4.8), West Virginia (3.6), Montana (3.4), New Jersey (3.3), Connecticut (3.1), Pennsylvania (3.1), Puerto Rico (3.0), Illinois (2.9), Massachusetts (2.9), and Wyoming (2.9).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 30 were in Illinois (+5,092), Tennessee (+4,211), Pennsylvania (+4,055), Maryland (+2,463), and New Jersey (+2,129), while the largest decreases were in California (-2,873), Wisconsin (-1,246), Minnesota (-978), Michigan (-743), and Missouri (-738).
Source: http://www.dol.gov
