New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of August 13, 2022
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Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on August 13, 2022:
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Predicted: 255,000
- Actual: 250,000
The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.
- Previous Week (revised): 252,000
- 4-Week Moving Average: 246,750
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From Today's Report
"...The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 30 were in Connecticut (2.4), Puerto Rico (2.3), New Jersey (2.1), California (1.9), Rhode Island (1.8), Massachusetts (1.6), New York (1.6), Pennsylvania (1.6), Alaska (1.2), Illinois (1.2), and Nevada (1.2).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending August 6 were in California (+2,759), New Jersey (+965), Texas (+723), South Carolina (+679), and Indiana (+582), while the largest decreases were in Connecticut (-7,341), Michigan (-1,075), Oklahoma (-921), Georgia (-522), and Maryland (-184)..."
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posted by Steve Brown | 8/19/2022 06:19:00 PM
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