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New UI Claims Graph, New and Continuing with Moving Averages to January 2012UPDATED February 3, 2012

New Claims for  Unemployment Benefits dropped to their lowest level since 2008. The previous weeks new and continuing claims have been revised upwards. Continuing claims also dropped.

The number of new applications for Unemployment Insurance dropped by 12,000 to 367,000 new applications from the previous week's revised figure 0f 379,000, in the week ending 28 January 2012, the US Department of Labor  reported Thursday.

Click here for a full range graph of unemployment claims.

The 4-week moving average was 375,750, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised average of 377,750.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.7 percent for the week ending January 21, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 21, was 3,437,000, a decrease of 130,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,567,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,527,500, a decrease of 43,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,570,500.

Does your state qualify for  EUC?

Here are some handy links that has a chart comparing unemployment rates around the world: The G20 Interactive Unemployment Map and state by state interactive map: US States 

Extended benefits were available in Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin during the week ending January 14.

EB and EUC status.

The economy gained 243,000 jobs in January the government reported in its monthly employment report. The unemployment rate declined  to 15.1(U6) percent. The number of unemployed persons stood at 12.8 million. Long term unemployment (longer than 27 weeks) was 5.5 million, or over 4 in 10 unemployed workers at 42.9%.  Read the January details.

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U.S. Jobless Rate

BLS Jobless Numbers

  • 12.8 million - unemployed,
  • 15.1%(U6) - out of work,
  • 5.5 million (43%) 6 months or longer,
  • 7.7 million "involuntary" partime workers,
  • Over 4 million for a year, (WSJ)
  • 2.0  million over 99 weeks, the 99ers!
  • 4.7 jobless for every job. EPI
  • 91,000 unemployed become 99ers every week.
~ U.S. January 2012 -Bureau Labor Statistics
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