US Department of Labor: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims for the week ending April 5

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending April 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 219,000. The 4-week moving average was 223,000, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised average of 223,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending March 29, unchanged from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised down by 0.1 from 1.3 to 1.2 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending March 29 was 1,850,000, a decrease of 43,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 10,000 from 1,903,000 to 1,893,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,867,750, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 2,500 from 1,870,500 to 1,868,000.

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UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 215,392 in the week ending April 5, an increase of 15,307 (or 7.7 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 12,286 (or 6.1 percent) from the previous week. There were 215,265 initial claims in the comparable week in 2024.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent during the week ending March 29, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs totaled 1,992,126, a decrease of 67,924 (or -3.3 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 20,828 (or -1.0 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.3 percent and the volume was 1,928,017.

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