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| Jobless Claims |
Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on September 17, 2022:
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Predicted: 219,000
- Actual: 213,000
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): 208,000
- 4-Week Moving Average: 216,750
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From Today's Report
"...The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 3 were in New Jersey (2.0), California (1.7), New York (1.6), Puerto Rico (1.6), Rhode Island (1.4), Massachusetts (1.3), Connecticut (1.2), Nevada (1.2), Alaska (1.1), Oregon (1.1), and Pennsylvania (1.1).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 10 were in Indiana (+738), Arkansas (+217), Iowa (+149), North Dakota (+28), and Maine (+15), while the largest decreases were in California (-3,064), New York (-2,905), Texas (-2,493), Oklahoma (-1,729), and Pennsylvania (-1,355)..."
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