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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending June 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 308,000, an increase of 11,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 297,000. The 4-week moving average was 311,250, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised average of 316,250.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending June 10, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 10 was 2,439,000, an increase of 18,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,421,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,422,500, an increase of 6,250 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,416,250. 

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 276,508 in the week ending June 17, a decrease of 9,316 from the previous week. There were 289,831 initial claims in the comparable week in 2005.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the week ending June 10, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,233,976, an increase of 6,948 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent and the volume was 2,395,982.

Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending June 3.

Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,258 in the week ending June 10, a decrease of 77 from the prior week. There were 1,958 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 281 from the preceding week.

There were 11,398 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 3, a decrease of 2 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 25,309, a decrease of 151 from the prior week.

The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 3 were in Puerto Rico (4.1 percent), Alaska (3.5), Michigan (3.1), Pennsylvania (2.6), New Jersey (2.4), Oregon (2.4), Arkansas (2.3), Connecticut (2.2), Massachusetts (2.2), California (2.1), Rhode Island (2.1), and Wisconsin (2.1).

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 10 were in Pennsylvania (+5,425), North Carolina (+3,761), California (+2,533), Illinois (+2,283), and New York (+2,099), while the largest decreases were in Texas (-2,065), Kentucky (-799), Nebraska (-484), Arkansas (-255), and Louisiana
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	Did You Know?
	About Wrongful Termination employment Wrongful termination is a term that generally refers to a person being fired illegally. Many terminations that people think of as "wrongful" aren't illegal. In most states, employment is "at will". This means that the employer can fire the employee for no reason or any reason. However, there are two main reasons why a termination may be illegal- discrimination and contracts.