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DOL news release, UI weekly claims (June)

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A Department of Labor news release, Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims, embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, June 25, 2026. It states that in the week ending June 20 the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the previous week's revised level, and that the 4-week moving average was 224,250. It states that the advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending June 13, with the advance number for insured unemployment 1,821,000. The release also gives unadjusted data, including 207,133 actual initial claims under state programs in the week ending June 20, and lists the states with the highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 6.

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          News Release
                                                                                                  https://blog.dol.gov




                 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL
                              8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, June 25, 2026


UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS

  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending June 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 12,000
from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 226,000 to 227,000. The
4-week moving average was 224,250, an increase of 750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's
average was revised up by 250 from 223,250 to 223,500.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending June 13, unchanged
from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the
week ending June 13 was 1,821,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's
level was revised down by 10,000 from 1,810,000 to 1,800,000. The 4 -week moving average was 1,794,500, an increase
of 9,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 2,500 from
1,788,000 to 1,785,500.




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  UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 207,133 in the week ending June
20, a decrease of 13,509 (or -6.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 1,592
(or -0.7 percent) from the previous week. There were 227,516 initial claims in the comparable week in 2025.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.1 percent during the week ending June 13, unchanged from
the prior week. The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs totaled 1,730,250, an increase
of 52,812 (or 3.1 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 32,397 (or 1.9
percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.2 percent and the volume was 1,862,043.




The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending June 6 was 1,702,755, a
decrease of 2,906 from the previous week. There were 1,841,887 weekly claims filed for benefits in all programs in the
comparable week in 2025.

No state was triggered "on" the Extended Benefits program during the week ending June 6.

Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 431 in the week ending June 13, a
decrease of 66 from the prior week. There were 398 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 31
from the preceding week.

There were 6,618 continued weeks claimed filed by former Federal civilian employees the week ending June 6, a
decrease of 284 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 4,436, a decrease of 243
from the prior week.


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The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 6 were in Puerto Rico (2.2), New Jersey (2.0),
Massachusetts (1.9), Washington (1.9), California (1.8), Minnesota (1.7), Rhode Island (1.7), Nevada (1.6), Oregon (1.6),
Illinois (1.5), and New York (1.5).

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 13 were in Pennsylvania (+3,814), Minnesota (+1,587),
Oregon (+1,536), Kentucky (+1,401), and Michigan (+791), while the largest decreases were in Illinois (-2,164), Ohio
(-2,163), South Carolina (-1,856), Puerto Rico (-1,673), and New York (-1,536).




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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS

WEEK ENDING                                   June 20           June 13          Change           June 6       Prior Year1
Initial Claims (SA)                           215,000           227,000          -12,000         230,000           236,000
Initial Claims (NSA)                          207,133           220,642          -13,509         228,955           227,516
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)                      224,250           223,500            +750          219,250           242,250

WEEK ENDING                                   June 13           June 6          Change           May 30        Prior Year1
Insured Unemployment (SA)                   1,821,000        1,800,000          +21,000        1,786,000         1,960,000
Insured Unemployment (NSA)                  1,730,250        1,677,438          +52,812        1,678,837         1,862,043
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)                    1,794,500        1,785,500           +9,000        1,778,250         1,934,500
Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2                 1.2%             1.2%                0.0           1.2%               1.3%
Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2                1.1%             1.1%                0.0           1.1%               1.2%

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)

WEEK ENDING                                  June 13            June 6          Change      Prior Year1
Federal Employees (UCFE)                        431               497              -66              472
Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX)                 398               429              -31              375

CONTINUED WEEKS CLAIMED FILED FOR UI BENEFITS IN ALL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)

WEEK ENDING                                           June 6                May 30              Change        Prior Year 1
Regular State                                      1,672,814              1,673,438                -624         1,807,864
Federal Employees                                      6,618                  6,902                -284             6,738
Newly Discharged Veterans                              4,436                  4,679                -243             4,501
Extended Benefits3                                        25                     12                 +13                34
State Additional Benefits4                             3,333                  3,489                -156             2,764
STC / Workshare 5                                     15,529                 17,141              -1,612            19,986
TOTAL                                              1,702,755              1,705,661              -2,906         1,841,887


FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data, NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data Continued weeks claimed represent all weeks of benefits
claimed during the week being reported, and do not represent weeks claimed by unique individuals.

    1. Prior year is comparable to most recent data.
    2. Most recent week used covered employment of 153,547,535 as denominator.
    3. Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information
    4. Some states maintain additional benefit programs for those claimants who exhaust regular benefits, and when
       applicable, extended benefits. Information on states that participate, and the extent of benefits paid, can be found
       starting on page 4-5 of this link: Extensions and Special Programs PDF
    5. Information on STC/Worksharing can be found starting on page 4-11 of the following link: Extensions and Special
       Programs PDF




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                         Advance State Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted

                             Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended June 20   Insured Unemployment For Week Ended June 13
STATE                      Advance              Prior Wk         Change        Advance              Prior Wk           Change
Alabama                      1,458                1,980            -522         7,710                8,398              -688
Alaska                        452                  441               11         3,423                3,797              -374
Arizona                      2,684                3,065            -381         21,971               24,440            -2,469
Arkansas                     1,497                1,687            -190         5,624                5,884              -260
California                  44,108               43,768             340        350,403              328,235            22,168
Colorado                     2,712                2,975            -263         31,900               31,355              545
Connecticut                  4,114                2,489            1,625        22,386               21,445              941
Delaware                      597                  762             -165         5,051                4,553               498
District of Columbia          687                  580              107         6,903                6,976               -73
Florida                      5,981                6,943            -962         32,538               31,745              793
Georgia                      3,317                4,455           -1,138        23,895               26,611            -2,716
Hawaii                       1,147                1,208             -61         6,533                6,190               343
Idaho                         632                  695              -63         4,825                5,120              -295
Illinois                     6,101                8,700           -2,599        93,991               89,295             4,696
Indiana                      2,056                2,365            -309         18,113               18,273             -160
Iowa                         1,568                1,904            -336         8,250                7,834               416
Kansas                        960                 1,170            -210         8,301                7,514               787
Kentucky                     1,567                2,826           -1,259        11,096               10,112              984
Louisiana                    1,406                1,661            -255         6,689                7,588              -899
Maine                         551                  425              126         5,019                5,167              -148
Maryland                     2,836                2,236             600         22,163               22,253              -90
Massachusetts                4,960                4,573             387         66,078               67,527            -1,449
Michigan                     4,891                5,550            -659         44,158               45,370            -1,212
Minnesota                    7,469               12,423           -4,954        62,837               49,427            13,410
Mississippi                   908                 1,202            -294         8,006                8,291              -285
Missouri                     2,194                2,625            -431         17,507               18,430             -923
Montana                       462                  513              -51         4,649                4,893              -244
Nebraska                      558                  620              -62         5,817                5,841               -24
Nevada                       2,333                2,705            -372         25,264               24,725              539
New Hampshire                 568                  367              201         2,902                3,502              -600
New Jersey                  12,103                8,345            3,758        87,386               86,700              686
New Mexico                    742                  923             -181         10,294               9,855               439
New York                    13,562               13,144             418        148,467              149,324             -857
North Carolina               3,038                3,233            -195         18,559               19,353             -794
North Dakota                  506                  399              107         2,435                2,101               334
Ohio                         4,102                5,594           -1,492        41,915               43,746            -1,831
Oklahoma                      928                 1,301            -373         10,947               11,042              -95
Oregon                       8,585                6,305            2,280        36,191               32,181             4,010
Pennsylvania                14,484               17,863           -3,379        89,430               81,347             8,083
Puerto Rico                  1,524                2,569           -1,045        18,908               20,197            -1,289
Rhode Island                 1,296                 756              540         8,059                8,183              -124
South Carolina               2,164                2,549            -385         16,666               16,510              156
South Dakota                  247                  185               62         1,239                1,239                0
Tennessee                    2,643                3,442            -799         18,729               17,427             1,302
Texas                       15,217               17,011           -1,794       152,409              150,089             2,320
Utah                         1,204                1,293             -89         11,079               11,216             -137
Vermont                       624                  324              300         2,469                2,340               129
Virgin Islands                 35                   27               8           274                   232                42
Virginia                     2,918                2,701             217         21,738               19,831             1,907
Washington                   5,330                4,996             334         71,116               68,742             2,374
West Virginia                 504                  790             -286         6,228                6,016               212
Wisconsin                    4,360                3,713             647         19,945               17,288             2,657
Wyoming                       243                  266              -23         1,765                1,688                77
US Total                   207,133              220,642          -13,509      1,730,250            1,677,438           52,812


Note: Advance claims are not directly comparable to claims reported in prior weeks. Advance claims are reported by the
state liable for paying the unemployment compensation, whereas previous weeks reported claims reflect claimants by
state of residence. In addition, claims reported as "workshare equivalent" in the previous week are added to the advance
claims as a proxy for the current week's "workshare equivalent" activity.




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Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands)

                                  Change                                Change
                                   from                                  from
                        Initial    Prior   4-Week           Insured      Prior   4-Week
Week Ending             Claims     Week    Average       Unemployment    Week    Average    IUR
June 14, 2025            243         -3     242.25           1,960         25    1,934.50    1.3
June 21, 2025            236         -7     242.25           1,954         -6    1,949.00    1.3
June 28, 2025            231         -5     239.00           1,952         -2    1,950.25    1.3
July 5, 2025             228         -3     234.50           1,949         -3    1,953.75    1.3
July 12, 2025            221         -7     229.00           1,941         -8    1,949.00    1.3
July 19, 2025            218         -3     224.50           1,936         -5    1,944.50    1.3
July 26, 2025            219          1     221.50           1,963         27    1,947.25    1.3
August 2, 2025           226          7     221.00           1,942        -21    1,945.50    1.3
August 9, 2025           224         -2     221.75           1,957         15    1,949.50    1.3
August 16, 2025          233          9     225.50           1,942        -15    1,951.00    1.3
August 23, 2025          229         -4     228.00           1,937         -5    1,944.50    1.3
August 30, 2025          236          7     230.50           1,927        -10    1,940.75    1.3
September 6, 2025        259         23     239.25           1,925         -2    1,932.75    1.3
September 13, 2025       233        -26     239.25           1,916         -9    1,926.25    1.3
September 20, 2025       219        -14     236.75           1,921         5     1,922.25    1.3
September 27, 2025       225          6     234.00           1,929         8     1,922.75    1.3
October 4, 2025          233          8     227.50           1,928         -1    1,923.50    1.3
October 11, 2025         222        -11     224.75           1,947         19    1,931.25    1.3
October 18, 2025         231          9     227.75           1,953         6     1,939.25    1.3
October 25, 2025         221        -10     226.75           1,962         9     1,947.50    1.3
November 1, 2025         228          7     225.50           1,946        -16    1,952.00    1.3
November 8, 2025         228          0     227.00           1,949         3     1,952.50    1.3
November 15, 2025        222         -6     224.75           1,943         -6    1,950.00    1.3
November 22, 2025        218         -4     224.00           1,932        -11    1,942.50    1.3
November 29, 2025        216         -2     221.00           1,894        -38    1,929.50    1.2
December 6, 2025         235         19     222.75           1,887         -7    1,914.00    1.2
December 13, 2025        224        -11     223.25           1,910         23    1,905.75    1.2
December 20, 2025        215         -9     222.50           1,860        -50    1,887.75    1.2
December 27, 2025        203        -12     219.25           1,900         40    1,889.25    1.2
January 3, 2026          207          4     212.25           1,875        -25    1,886.25    1.2
January 10, 2026         201         -6     206.50           1,865        -10    1,875.00    1.2
January 17, 2026         210          9     205.25           1,823        -42    1,865.75    1.2
January 24, 2026         211          1     207.25           1,842         19    1,851.25    1.2
January 31, 2026         230         19     213.00           1,859         17    1,847.25    1.2
February 7, 2026         230          0     220.25           1,865         6     1,847.25    1.2
February 14, 2026        208        -22     219.75           1,827        -38    1,848.25    1.2
February 21, 2026        211          3     219.75           1,871         44    1,855.50    1.2
February 28, 2026        214          3     215.75           1,847        -24    1,852.50    1.2
March 7, 2026            213         -1     211.50           1,851         4     1,849.00    1.2
March 14, 2026           205         -8     210.75           1,816        -35    1,846.25    1.2
March 21, 2026           211          6     210.75           1,832         16    1,836.50    1.2
March 28, 2026           203         -8     208.00           1,787        -45    1,821.50    1.2
April 4, 2026            218         15     209.25           1,809         22    1,811.00    1.2
April 11, 2026           208        -10     210.00           1,808         -1    1,809.00    1.2
April 18, 2026           215          7     211.00           1,776        -32    1,795.00    1.2
April 25, 2026           190        -25     207.75           1,758        -18    1,787.75    1.1
May 2, 2026              199          9     203.00           1,776         18    1,779.50    1.2
May 9, 2026              212         13     204.00           1,771         -5    1,770.25    1.2
May 16, 2026             210         -2     202.75           1,785         14    1,772.50    1.2
May 23, 2026             212          2     208.25           1,771        -14    1,775.75    1.2
May 30, 2026             225         13     214.75           1,786         15    1,778.25    1.2
June 6, 2026             230          5     219.25           1,800         14    1,785.50    1.2
June 13, 2026            227         -3     223.50           1,821         21    1,794.50    1.2
June 20, 2026            215        -12     224.25

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                INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED                          INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED
                                  JUNE 13                                                          JUNE 6
                                           CHANGE FROM                               CHANGE FROM                    TOTAL
                                           LAST    YEAR                              LAST     YEAR                 INSURED
STATE NAME                          STATE WEEK      AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1    STATE (%) 2 WEEK       AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 UNEMPLOYMENT
Alabama                              1,980    -6     -65   10    5       8,398 0.4     -22    -1,259     27   17     8,442
Alaska                                441    -25     -14   0     0       3,797 1.2    -184     -243      20    2     3,819
Arizona                              3,065  -216    -732   16   10      24,440 0.8     419    -7,900    107   26     24,573
Arkansas                             1,687   198     250   4     0       5,884 0.5     108    -2,653     16    2     5,902
California                          43,768 -1,005  -3,425  80   94      328,235 1.8 -12,979 -39,674     873 1,054   330,162
Colorado                             2,975  -437     131   3     9      31,355 1.1     157      531     143  193     31,691
Connecticut                          2,489   54    -1,838  1     3      21,445 1.3     204    -1,455     72   24     21,541
Delaware                              762    382     335   3     2       4,553 1.0     -15      -82      16    4     4,573
District of Columbia                  580    -62    -218   14    0       6,976 1.2     -18    -3,748    622    4     7,602
Florida                              6,943  -728    -669   18   28      31,745 0.3   -1,569   -2,466    114   70     31,929
Georgia                              4,455 -1,119    76    23   19      26,611 0.6     186    -2,252    209   88     26,908
Hawaii                               1,208  -217     26    2     9       6,190 1.0     167      296      53   53     6,296
Idaho                                 695   -148    -244   0     0       5,120 0.6    -134     -465      12    7     5,139
Illinois                             8,700 -2,164  -1,386  14    6      89,295 1.5    2,733   -7,239    329   93     89,717
Indiana                              2,365  -532    -342   3     3      18,273 0.6    -709    -2,268     33   17     18,323
Iowa                                 1,904   -36     30    3     0       7,834 0.5     289    -1,520     14    2     7,850
Kansas                               1,170  -103     -78   1     2       7,514 0.5    -147    -1,382     7    23     7,544
Kentucky                             2,826 1,401   1,017   0     0      10,112 0.5     271     -414      38   40     10,190
Louisiana                            1,661  -272    -392   1     2       7,588 0.4     415    -4,216     27   12     7,627
Maine                                 425    -65    -106   0     0       5,167 0.8     -78     -616      11    4     5,182
Maryland                             2,236   -57    -457   36    2      22,253 0.9     -58    -3,269    392   68     22,713
Massachusetts                        4,573  -232    -102   0     1      67,527 1.9    -237    -2,809    188  203     67,918
Michigan                             5,550   791    -641   2     7      45,370 1.0   -2,194     569      93   32     45,495
Minnesota                           12,423 1,587    -171   1     2      49,427 1.7    8,500   -4,635     67   51     49,545
Mississippi                          1,202  -430     21    0     4       8,291 0.7     192     -144      44    2     8,337
Missouri                             2,625  -850    -186   3     1      18,430 0.6    -286    -1,631     62   13     18,505
Montana                               513     -9     -51   7     0       4,893 1.0     -77      239      26    9     4,928
Nebraska                              620   -183     -77   3     0       5,841 0.6      26      47       11    1     5,853
Nevada                               2,705   15      144   1     0      24,725 1.6      30      101      51   68     24,844
New Hampshire                         367      4     -61   2     0       3,502 0.5     -15     -208      6     1     3,509
New Jersey                           8,345   76     -471   11   15      86,700 2.0   -1,080   -5,603    242  208     87,150
New Mexico                            923   -433     -56   14    1       9,855 1.2     173     -811      90   37     9,982
New York                            13,144 -1,536   -110   13   18      149,324 1.5  -3,614     874     370  237    149,931
North Carolina                       3,233  -312    -149   1     2      19,353 0.4     176    -2,978     53   74     19,480
North Dakota                          399    93      34    11    0       2,101 0.5    -229     -386     113    9     2,223
Ohio                                 5,594 -2,163   -184   4     5      43,746 0.8    2,593   -5,203     69   52     43,867
Oklahoma                             1,301  -365     -20   5     6      11,042 0.7    -452     -367      39   29     11,110
Oregon                               6,305 1,536     585   10    3      32,181 1.6    -639    1,648     157   53     32,391
Pennsylvania                        17,863 3,814    -671   13   10      81,347 1.4    4,222  -10,766    345  113     81,805
Puerto Rico                          2,569 -1,673    -32   11    2      20,197 2.2    5,216   2,575     242   53     20,492
Rhode Island                          756    -43     -63   1     0       8,183 1.7     -58    -1,332     28    9     8,220
South Carolina                       2,549 -1,856     -3   2     5      16,510 0.7    -430     -207      41   32     16,583
South Dakota                          185    -36       5   7     1       1,239 0.3      50      31       90    2     1,331
Tennessee                            3,442  -721     545   1     6      17,427 0.5     541    -1,149     33   41     17,501
Texas                               17,011  -264   -2,322  50   80      150,089 1.1  -1,283  -14,583    516  790    151,395
Utah                                 1,293  -106     -83   5     3      11,216 0.7     -30    -1,108     56   25     11,297
Vermont                               324    38      19    0     0       2,340 0.8     -80      -91      1     0     2,341
Virgin Islands                         27    -33       7   0     0        232    0.7    52       4       4     0      236
Virginia                             2,701  -239   -1,271  12   14      19,831 0.5     347     -297     174   86     20,091
Washington                           4,996  -283    -132   4    13      68,742 1.9   -1,970   -2,862    210  380     69,332
West Virginia                         790    119     -86   2     3       6,016 0.9     112    -1,067     30   10     6,056
Wisconsin                            3,713   643    -510   3     1      17,288 0.6     -10    -1,542     26   13     17,327
Wyoming                               266   -105     -24   0     1       1,688 0.6      19      -31      6     0     1,694
Totals                             220,642 -8,313 -14,217 431   398    1,677,438 1.1 -1,399 -136,016 6,618 4,436   1,688,492


Figures appearing in columns showing over-the-week changes reflect all revisions in data for prior week submitted by
state agencies.

    1. The Unemployment Compensation program for Federal Employees (UCFE) and the Unemployment
       Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) exclude claims filed jointly under other programs to avoid
       duplication.
    2. Rate is not seasonally adjusted. The source of U.S. total covered employment is BLS.



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UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED June 13, 2026


STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000

State   Change     State Supplied Comment
PA      +3,814     Layoffs in transportation and warehousing, accommodation and food services, administrative
                   and support and waste management and remediation services, and health care and social
                   assistance industries.
MN      +1,587     Layoffs in educational services industry.
OR      +1,536     Layoffs in educational services industry.
KY      +1,401     Layoffs in manufacturing industry.

STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000

State   Change     State Supplied Comment
IL      -2,164     No comment.
OH      -2,163     No comment.
SC      -1,856     No comment.
PR      -1,673     No comment.
NY      -1,536     Fewer layoffs in accommodation and food services, construction, and real estate and rental
                   and leasing industries.
GA      -1,119     Fewer layoffs in manufacturing; administrative and support and waste management and
                   remediation services; health care and social assistance; and professional, scientific, and
                   technical services industries.
CA      -1,005     No comment.




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TECHNICAL NOTES

This news release presents the weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims reported by each state's unemployment
insurance program offices. These claims may be used for monitoring workload volume, assessing state program
operations and for assessing labor ma rket conditions. States initially report claims directly taken by the state liable for the
benefit payments, regardless of where the claimant who filed the claim resided. These are the basis for the advance initial
claims and continued claims reported each week. These data come from ETA 538, Advance Weekly Initial and
Continued Claims Report. The following week initial claims and continued claims are revised based on a second
reporting by states that reflect the claimants by state of residence. These data c ome from the ETA 539, Weekly Claims
and Extended Benefits Trigger Data Report.

A. Initial Claims

An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claimant requests
a determination of basic eligibility for the UI program. When an initial claim is filed with a state, certain programmatic
activities take place and these result in activity counts including the count of initial claims. The count of U.S. initial
claims for unemployment insurance is a leading economic indicator because it is an indication of emerging labor market
conditions in the country. However, these are weekly administrative data which are difficult to seasonally adjust, making
the series subject to some volatility.

B. Continued Weeks Claimed

A person who has already filed an initial claim and who has experienced a week of unemployment then files a continued
claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. On a weekly basis, continued claims are also referred to as
insured unemployment, a s continued claims reflect a good approximation of the current number of insured unemployed
workers filing for UI benefits. The count of U.S. continued weeks claimed is also a good indicator of labor market
conditions. While continued claims are not a leading indicator (they roughly coincide with economic cycles at their peaks
and lag at cycle troughs), they provide confirming evidence of the direction of the U.S. economy.

C. Seasonal Adjustments and Annual Revisions

Over the course of a year, the weekly changes in the levels of initial claims and continued claims undergo regularly
occurring fluctuations. These fluctuations may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, the opening and
closing of schools, or other similar events. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year,
their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments
make trend and cycle developments easier to spot. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
provides the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) with a set of seasonal factors to apply to the unadjusted
data during that year. Concurrent with the implementation and release of the new seasonal factors, ETA incorporates
revisions to the UI claims historical series caused by updates to the unadjusted data. For further questions on the seasonal
adjustment methodology, please see the official release page for the UI claims seasonal adjustment factors or contact
BLS directly through the Local Area Unemployment Statistics web contact form .

Weekly Claims Archives
Weekly Claims Data

U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The Department's Reasonable Accommodation
Resource Center converts Departmental information and documents into alternative formats, which include Braille and large
print. For alternative format requests, please contact the Department at (202) 693 -7828 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (federal
relay).

U.S. Department of Labor
                                                                    Program Contacts:
Employment and Training Administration
                                                                    Lawrence S. Essien: (202) 693-3087
Washington, D.C. 20210
                                                                    Media Contact:      (202) 693-4676
Release Number: USDL 26-1092-NAT




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