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<\/p>\nWashington, DC…The COVID-19 virus continues to impact the number of initial claims. Nearly every state providing comments cited the COVID-19 virus. States continued to identify increases related to the services industries broadly, again led by accommodation and food services. However, state comments indicated a wider impact across industries. Many states continued to cite the health care and social assistance, and manufacturing industries, while an increasing number of states identified the retail and wholesale trade and construction industries. In the week ending March 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 6,648,000, an increase of 3,341,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This marks the highest level of seasonally adjusted initial claims in the history of the seasonally adjusted series. <\/p>\n
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The previous week’s level was revised up by 24,000 from 3,283,000 to 3,307,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,612,000, an increase of 1,607,750 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 6,000 from 998,250 to 1,004,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.1 percent for the week ending March 21, an increase of 0.9 percentage point from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending March 21 was 3,029,000, an increase of 1,245,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the highest level for insured unemployment since July 6, 2013 when it was 3,079,000. The previous week’s level was revised down by 19,000 from 1,803,000 to 1,784,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,053,500, an increase of 327,250 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the highest level for this average since January 14, 2017 when it was 2,062,000. The previous week’s average was revised down by 4,750 from 1,731,000 to 1,726,250. <\/p>\n
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 5,823,917 in the week ending
\nMarch 28, an increase of 2,903,757 (or 99.4 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a
\ndecrease of 23,150 (or -0.8 percent) from the previous week. There were 183,775 initial claims in the comparable week
\nin 2019.<\/p>\n
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent during the week ending March 21, an increase of 0.9
\npercentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs
\ntotaled 3,383,382, an increase of 1,308,646 (or 63.1 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected
\na decrease of 82,062 (or -4.0 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.3 percent and the volume was
\n1,908,355. <\/p>\n
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\nThe total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending March 14 was 2,105,219, an increase
\nof 98,832 from the previous week. There were 2,040,256 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable
\nweek in 2019.<\/p>\n
No state was triggered “on” the Extended Benefits program during the week ending March 14.
\nInitial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,282 in the week ending March 21, an
\nincrease of 709 from the prior week. There were 897 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 461
\nfrom the preceding week.<\/p>\n
There were 9,792 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending March 14, an increase of
\n148 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 5,591, an increase of 384 from the
\nprior week.<\/p>\n
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending March 14 were in Alaska (2.8), Connecticut (2.7), New
\nJersey (2.6), California (2.4), Massachusetts (2.3), Minnesota (2.3), Rhode Island (2.3), Montana (2.2), Pennsylvania
\n(2.2), Illinois (2.1), and West Virginia (2.1).<\/p>\n
All states reported increases in initial claims for the week ending March 21. The largest increases were in Pennsylvania
\n(+362,012), Ohio (+189,263), Massachusetts (+141,003), Texas (+139,250), and California (+128,727), while the
\nsmallest increases were in the Virgin Islands (+79), South Dakota (+1,571), West Virginia (+2,671), Vermont (+3,125),
\nand Wyoming (+3,136). <\/p>\n
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\nUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
\nWEEK ENDING March 28 March 21 Change March 14 Prior Year1
\nInitial Claims (SA) 6,648,000 3,307,000 +3,341,000 282,000 211,000
\nInitial Claims (NSA) 5,823,917 2,920,160 +2,903,757 251,416 183,775
\n4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 2,612,000 1,004,250 +1,607,750 232,500 217,250
\nWEEK ENDING March 21 March 14 Change March 7 Prior Year1
\nInsured Unemployment (SA) 3,029,000 1,784,000 +1,245,000 1,702,000 1,719,000
\nInsured Unemployment (NSA) 3,383,382 2,074,736 +1,308,646 1,977,272 1,908,355
\n4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 2,053,500 1,726,250 +327,250 1,703,500 1,728,750
\nInsured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 2.1% 1.2% +0.9 1.2% 1.2%
\nInsured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 2.3% 1.4% +0.9 1.4% 1.3%
\nINITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
\nWEEK ENDING March 21 March 14 Change Prior Year1
\nFederal Employees (UCFE) 1,282 573 +709 602
\nNewly Discharged Veterans (UCX) 897 436 +461 480
\nPERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN ALL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
\nWEEK ENDING March 14 March 7 Change Prior Year1
\nRegular State 2,071,070 1,973,584 +97,486 2,006,493
\nFederal Employees 9,792 9,644 +148 11,079
\nNewly Discharged Veterans 5,591 5,207 +384 6,068
\nExtended Benefits3 0 0 0 0
\nState Additional Benefits4 5,901 5,584 +317 5,854
\nSTC \/ Workshare 5 12,865 12,368 +497 10,762
\nTOTAL 2,105,219 2,006,387 +98,832 2,040,256<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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