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22. Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report {10-15-2015}

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Read More: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20152015.pdf

News Release

TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, October 15, 2015

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending October 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 255,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 263,000 to 262,000. The 4-week moving average was 265,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 15, 1973 when it was 256,750. The previous week's average was revised down by 250 from 267,500 to 267,250.

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 October 3, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 3 was 2,158,000, a decrease of 50,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the lowest level for insured unemployment since November 4, 2000 when it was 2,110,000. The previous week's level was revised up 4,000 from 2,204,000 to 2,208,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,201,250, a decrease of 21,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since November 18, 2000 when it was 2,169,000. The previous week's average was revised up by 1,000 from 2,221,500 to 2,222,500.

UNADJUSTED DATA

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The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending September 26 was 1,916,239, a decrease of 7,496 from the previous week. There were 2,088,591 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2014.