Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 21, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending May 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 268,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 278,000. The 4-week moving average was 278,500, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 275,750.

There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims. This marks 64 consecutive weeks of initial claims below 300,000, the longest…