Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 28, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending May 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 267,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 268,000. The 4-week moving average was 276,750, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 278,500.

There were no special factors impacting this week’s initial claims. This marks 65 consecutive weeks of initial claims below 300,000, the longest…