Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims December 22 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed declines to initial unemployment claims and continued unemployment claims as initial claims fell to the lowest level seen since mid-2008.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 4,000 to 364,000 claims from last week’s revised 368,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 79,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.8%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.50 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.53 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.04 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims December 15 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed a notable decline to initial unemployment claims and a slight increase to continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was firmly called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 19,000 to 366,000 claims from last week’s revised 385,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 4,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.64 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.69 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.33 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims December 01 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was firmly called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 6,000 to 402,000 claims from last week’s revised 396,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 35,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.52 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.37 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.89 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims November 23 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was firmly called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 2,000 to 393,000 claims from last week’s revised 391,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 68,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.45 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.17 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.63 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims November 17 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed a decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was firmly called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 5,000 to 388,000 claims from last week’s revised 393,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 57,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.45 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.21 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.67 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims November 10 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed a decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 10,000 to 390,000 claims from last week’s revised 400,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 92,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.52 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.19 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.72 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims October 20 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 6,000 to 403,000 claims from last week’s revised 409,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 25,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.48 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.11 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.59 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims October 06 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 6,000 to 401,000 claims from last week’s revised 395,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 52,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.55 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.20 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.75 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims September 29 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an notable decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend continued was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment plunged 37,000 to 391,000 claims from last week’s revised 428,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 20,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.58 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.30 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.88 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims September 22 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend continued to materialize for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 9,000 to 423,000 claims from last week’s revised 432,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 28,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.50 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.29 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.79 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims September 15 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend began to materialize for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 11,000 to 428,000 claims from last week’s revised 417,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 12,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.60 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.43 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.04 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims September 08 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an incline to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 2,000 to 414,000 claims from last week’s revised 412,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 30,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.59 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.47 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.07 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims August 25 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.



Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 5,000 to 417,000 claims from last week’s revised 412,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 80,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.



Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.



Currently there are some 3.63 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.



Taken together with the latest 3.55 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.19 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims August 18 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.



Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 9,000 to 408,000 claims from last week’s revised 399,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 7,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.



Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.



Currently there are some 3.65 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.



Taken together with the latest 3.58 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.23 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims August 11 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed a decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.



Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 7,000 to 395,000 claims from last week’s revised 402,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 60,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.



Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.



Currently there are some 3.70 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.



Taken together with the latest 3.68 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.38 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims August 04 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed slight decline to initial and an increase to continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 1,000 to 400,000 claims from last week’s revised 401,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 10,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.71 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.75 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.47 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims July 28 2011

Today’s jobless claims report showed a notable decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 24,000 to 398,000 claims from last week’s revised 422,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 17,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC 2008” from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.

Currently there are some 3.76 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.78 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.54 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.