Initial Unemployment claims at 320,000 for latest week

December 1, 2005 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending Nov. 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 320,000, a decrease of 17,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 337,000. The 4-week moving average was 322,500, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week's revised average of 323,750.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.2 percent for the week ending Nov. 19, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.2 percent.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Nov. 19 was 2,767,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,791,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,778,250, a decrease of 7,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,785,250.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 289,629 in the week ending Nov. 26, a decrease of 78,976 from the previous week. There were 320,690 initial claims in the comparable week in 2004.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent during the week ending Nov. 19, a decrease of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,324,262, a decrease of 235,164 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.8 percent and the volume was 2,331,862.


Extended benefits were available in Louisiana during the week ending Nov. 12.

...and BTW, you need to toss the link in there for LBN.

I have a relative out of work, once the unemployment runs out, we all may be setting another place at the table...

:-(

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

The economy is growing. george bush is an honest moral man.

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