U.S. Jobless Claims for the Week of Sept. 27: Summary

By Andy Burt

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the Sept. 27 initial jobless claims report from the Labor Department.

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Week Ending                  Sept. 27   Sept. 20   Sept. 13  Prior Year
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Initial Claims (SA)            497,000    496,000    458,000    324,000
     Change                      1,000     38,000     13,000    173,000
     Percent change               0.2%       8.3%       2.9%      53.4%
 4-Wk moving average           474,000    462,500    445,750    318,500
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Initial Claims (NSA)           390,837    398,070    382,249    255,431
     Change                     -7,233     15,821     45,516    135,406
     Percent change              -1.8%       4.1%      13.5%      53.0%
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Week Ending                  Sept. 20   Sept. 13   Sept. 6   Prior Year
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Continuing claims (SA)       3,591,000  3,543,000  3,448,000  2,555,000
     Change                     48,000     95,000    -84,000  1,036,000
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Week Ending                  Sept. 20   Sept. 13   Sept. 6   Prior Year
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     Percent change               1.4%       2.8%      -2.4%      40.5%
 4-Wk Moving average (SA)    3,528,500  3,481,750  3,453,250  2,566,500
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)       2.7%       2.7%       2.6%       1.9%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)      2.3%       2.3%       2.3%       1.6%
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Continuing claims (NSA)      3,009,578  3,014,874  3,040,859  2,140,701
     Change                     -5,296    -25,985    -18,267    868,877
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                             Sept. 13   Sept. 6    Aug. 30   Prior Year
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     Percent change              -0.2%      -0.9%      -0.6%      40.6%
Extended benefits (NSA)          1,125      1,326        526          0
     Change                       -201        800     -1,022      1,125
Emergency Unemp. Comp. (NSA) 1,431,754  1,056,924  1,394,329          0
     Change                    374,830   -337,405    296,954  1,431,754
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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