U.S. Jobless Claims for the Week of Sept. 20: Summary (Table)

By Andy Burt

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the Sept. 20 initial jobless claims report from the Labor Department.

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Week Ending                  Sept. 20   Sept. 13   Sept. 6   Prior Year
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Initial Claims (SA)            493,000    461,000    445,000    309,000
    Change                     32,000     16,000     -6,000    184,000
    Percent change               6.9%       3.6%      -1.3%      59.5%
4-Wk moving average           462,500    446,500    440,000    317,500
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Initial Claims (NSA)           395,601    385,057    336,733    247,643
    Change                     10,544     48,324    -21,997    147,958
    Percent change               2.7%      14.4%      -6.1%      59.7%
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Week Ending                  Sept. 13   Sept. 6    Aug. 30   Prior Year
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Continuing claims (SA)       3,542,000  3,479,000  3,532,000  2,560,000
    Change                     63,000    -53,000    128,000    982,000
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Week Ending                  Sept. 13   Sept. 6    Aug. 30   Prior Year
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    Percent change               1.8%      -1.5%       3.8%      38.4%
4-Wk Moving average (SA)    3,489,250  3,461,000  3,431,000  2,575,000
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)       2.6%       2.6%       2.6%       1.9%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)      2.3%       2.3%       2.3%       1.6%
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Continuing claims (NSA)      3,014,605  3,068,695  3,059,126  2,160,459
    Change                    -54,090      9,569    -38,459    854,146
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                            Sept. 6    Aug. 30    Aug. 23   Prior Year
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    Percent change              -1.8%       0.3%      -1.2%      39.5%
Extended benefits (NSA)          1,324        526      1,548          5
    Change                        798     -1,022        135      1,319
Emergency Unemp. Comp. (NSA) 1,056,924  1,394,329  1,097,375          0
    Change                   -337,405    296,954   -297,374  1,056,924
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(SA) = Seasonally adjusted figures. (NSA) = Not seasonally adjusted.

To contact the reporter on this story: Andy Burt in Washington at aburt1@bloomberg.net