Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Oct. 18, 2014

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending October 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 283,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 264,000 to 266,000. The 4-week moving average was 281,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since May 6, 2000 when…