Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending January 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 293,000 to 294,000. The 4-week moving average was 283,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 250 from 285,000 to 285,250.
There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending January 16, an increase 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 16 was 2,268,000, an increase of 49,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up 11,000 from 2,208,000 to 2,219,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,246,250, an increase of 15,750 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 2,750 from 2,227,750 to 2,230,500.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 296,817 in the week ending January 23, a decrease of 81,930 (or -21.6 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 64,643 (or -17.1 percent) from the previous week. There were 281,885 initial claims in the comparable week in 2015. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent during the week ending January 16, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,651,669, a decrease of 28,807 (or -1.1 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 86,539 (or -3.2 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 2.1 percent and the volume was 2,784,732.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending January 9 was 2,729,423, a decrease of 122,445 from the previous week. There were 2,971,342 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 9.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,512 in the week ending January 16, a decrease of 369 from the prior week. There were 1,296 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 201 from the preceding week.
There were 15,114 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending January 9, an increase of 868 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 16,776, an increase of 333 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 9 were in Alaska (4.8), West Virginia (3.5), Montana (3.3), Puerto Rico (3.3), New Jersey (3.2), Pennsylvania (3.2), Connecticut (3.0), Illinois (2.8), Wyoming (2.8), California (2.7), and Massachusetts (2.7).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 16 were in California (+16,425), Puerto Rico (+1,771), Oregon (+192), and the Virgin Islands (+4), while the largest decreases were in New York (-17,476), Pennsylvania (-15,349), Georgia (-11,141), Missouri (-7,446), and Texas (-7,132).
Source: http://www.dol.gov
