New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of April 9, 2022

Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on April 9, 2022:

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Predicted: 180,000

• Actual: 185,000

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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): 167,000

• 4-Week Moving Average: 172,250

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From Today's Report

• "...The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending March 26 were in California (2.4), New Jersey (2.3), Alaska (2.1), Minnesota (2.0), Massachusetts (1.9), Rhode Island (1.9), New York (1.8), Georgia (1.7), Illinois (1.7), and Puerto Rico (1.7).
  
  The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 2 were in Ohio (+1,509), Pennsylvania (+1,478), California (+1,082), Illinois (+509), and Florida (+466), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-2,491), Texas (-2,487), New Jersey (-1,105), Kentucky (-1,046), and New York (-866)..."

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• Click here to view the full Labor Department report

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