Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (09/08/2011)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending September 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 414,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 412,000. The 4-week moving average was 414,750, an increase of 3,750 from the previous week's revised average of 411,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.0 percent for the week ending August 27, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 3.0 percent.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending August 27 was 3,717,000, a decrease of 30,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,747,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,734,500, an increase of 5,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,729,000.

Read more: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20111306.htm

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It went up again.

[Beacool]

1. Oh yeah, we are doing just fine in this country.

I heard yesterday on the radio that 1 out of every 6 Americans has "food deficiency". A polite way of saying that 1 out of 6 people are going hungry.

:-(

[FreeStateDemocrat]

2. Trouble behind, trouble ahead, a lot BS but no solutions.