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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending March 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 219,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 224,000 to 225,000. The 4-week moving average was 223,000, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 224,000 to 224,250.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent for the week ending March 22, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending March 22 was 1,903,000, an increase of 56,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the highest level for insured unemployment since November 13, 2021 when it was 1,970,000. The previous week's level was revised down by 9,000 from 1,856,000 to 1,847,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,870,500, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 2,250 from 1,870,000 to 1,867,750.

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UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 200,057 in the week ending March 29, an increase of 157 (or 0.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 5,403 (or 2.7 percent) from the previous week. There were 197,349 initial claims in the comparable week in 2024.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.4 percent during the week ending March 22, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs totaled 2,070,038, a decrease of 4,057 (or -0.2 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 64,642 (or -3.1 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.3 percent and the volume was 1,937,982.

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