EconoIndicators

Jobless Claims At a Glance

• Initial Claims: 516,000
• Change from Last Week: Up 32,000
• 4-Week Moving Average: 491,000
• Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.9%
• Insured Unemployment: 3,897,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT
          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending Nov. 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 516,000, an increase of 32,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 484,000. The 4-week moving average was 491,000, an increase of 13,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 477,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.9 percent for the week ending Nov. 1, unchanged from the prior week’s unrevised rate of 2.9 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Nov. 1 was 3,897,000, an increase of 65,000 from the preceding week’s revised level of 3,832,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,794,250, an increase of 43,000 from the preceding week’s revised average of 3,751,250.  
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 539,868 in the week ending Nov. 8, an increase of 73,527 from the previous week. There were 351,760 initial claims in the comparable week in 2007.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.6 percent during the week ending Nov. 1, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,452,619, an increase of 141,541 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7 percent and the volume was 2,292,297.
Extended benefits were available in North Carolina and Rhode Island during the week ending Oct 25.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,459 in the week ending Nov. 1, an increase of 92 from the prior week. There were 1,608 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 154 from the preceding week.
There were 14,511 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Oct. 25, an increase of 84 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 23,407, an increase of 350 from the prior week.
States reported 756,683 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending Oct. 25, a decrease of 16,366 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Oct. 25 were in Puerto Rico (5.1 percent), Oregon (3.7), Nevada (3.6), Michigan (3.5), California (3.4), New Jersey (3.3), South Carolina (3.3), Pennsylvania (3.2), Arkansas (3.1), Alaska (3.0), and North Carolina (3.0).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Nov. 1 were in Ohio (+3,885), Michigan (+2,619), Pennsylvania (+2,155), Wisconsin (+2,119), and Arizona (+1,692), while the largest decreases were in California (-3,603), Florida (-2,327), Nevada (-943), South Carolina (-824), and Indiana (-621).

Source: Employment and Training Administration