Washington DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2015
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending October 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 263,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 277,000 to 276,000. The 4-week moving average was 267,500, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised down by 250 from 270,750 to 270,500. 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 September 26, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 26 was 2,204,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up 4,000 from 2,191,000 to 2,195,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,221,500, a decrease of 14,750 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,000 from 2,235,250 to 2,236,250.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 227,659 in the week ending October 3, an increase of 12,543 (or 5.8 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 24,608 (or 11.4 percent) from the previous week. There were 257,545 initial claims in the comparable week in 2014. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.4 percent during the week ending September 26, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 1,866,956, a decrease of 10,002 (or -0.5 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 17,562 (or -0.9 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.5 percent and the volume was 2,031,751.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending September 19 was 1,923,735, a decrease of 61,340 from the previous week. There were 2,126,874 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2014. No state was triggered “on” the Extended Benefits program during the week ending September 19.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 941 in the week ending September 26, an increase of 74 from the prior week. There were 1,264 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 83 from the preceding week.
There were 11,525 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending September 19, an increase of 462 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 17,771, a decrease of 20 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 19 were in Puerto Rico (3.2), the Virgin Islands (3.0), Alaska (2.3), New Jersey (2.3), California (2.2), Nevada (2.2), Connecticut (2.0), Pennsylvania (2.0), West Virginia (1.8), Illinois (1.7), and Massachusetts.
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 26 were in Michigan (+2,837), Illinois (+871), New York (+708), New Jersey (+558), and Puerto Rico (+194), while the largest decreases were in Kansas (-2,588), Georgia (-868), South Carolina (-789), Missouri (-524), and Texas (-501).
Source: www.dol.gov
