Thursday, June 19, 2008

Unemployment Claims - June 14

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 381,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 386,000. The 4-week moving average was 375,250, an increase of 3,250 from the previous week's revised average of 372,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending June 7, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.4 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 7 was 3,060,000, a decrease of 76,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,136,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,096,500, a decrease of 2,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,098,500.
The fiscal year-to-date average for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for all programs is 2.900 million.

No comments: