Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (12/1/2011)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending November 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 402,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 396,000. The 4-week moving average was 395,750, an increase of 500 from the previous week's revised average of 395,250.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.0 percent for the week ending November 19, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 19 was 3,740,000, an increase of 35,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,705,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,683,250, an increase of 8,250 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,675,000.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 370,616 in the week ending November 26, a decrease of 69,665 from the previous week. There were 412,922 initial claims in the comparable week in 2010.

Read more: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20111692.htm

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Good morning, Freepers and DUers alike. It is time once again for the weekly unemployment insurance initial claims report.

Here for your viewing pleasure are this week's data, brought to you as a nonpartisan public service. This is just one example of the good work your civil servants are performing for you.

That word "initial" is important. The report does not count all claims, just the new ones filed this week.

Yikes, claims went up. They're back over 400,000 again.

[shraby]

1. That is not going to move downward until they start taxing

the very rich corporations that are sitting on their money. Raise the taxes on them and they will have to start using their money to create some jobs because wages are an expense they can deduct. Right now they don't need those kinds of deductions.

[OhioChick]

3. Agreed n/t

[Turbineguy]

2. Another 6000 more to vote republican

at least that's the theory.