Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims for the week ending March 8

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending March 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 221,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was 226,000, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 224,250 to 224,500.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending March 1, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending March 1 was 1,870,000, a decrease of 27,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 1,897,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,872,250, an increase of 6,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 1,866,000.


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UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 212,817 in the week ending March 8, a decrease of 13,202 (or -5.8 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 10,890 (or -4.8 percent) from the previous week. There were 202,722 initial claims in the comparable week in 2024.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.4 percent during the week ending March 1, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs totaled 2,163,394, a decrease of 67,600 (or -3.0 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 36,045 (or -1.6 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.4 percent and the volume was 2,078,605.

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