Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending August 20, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending August 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 261,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 262,000. The 4-week moving average was 264,000, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 265,250.

There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims. This marks 77 consecutive weeks of initial claims below 300,000, the longest…