Numbers from today’s press release from the Dept. of Labor:
In the week ending March 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 457,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 462,000. The 4-week moving average was 471,250, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 475,500.
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending March 6 were:
- North Carolina (+5,100)
- Illinois (+2,461)
- Oregon (+1,542)
- Ohio (+1,301)
- Alabama (+1,274)
The largest decreases were:
- New York (-10,929)
- California (-7,235)
- Connecticut (-2,082)
- Kentucky (-1,950)
- West Virginia (-827)
The entire report is here.
No comments:
Post a Comment
All comments are moderated before being posted. Postings are at the sole discretion of the blog moderator. Anonymous postings are no longer allowed. I encourage your comments, but put you name on the bottom line!