U.S. Jobless Claims for the Week of Nov. 15: Summary

By Kristy Scheuble

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the Nov. 15 initial jobless claims report from the Labor Department.

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Week Ending                  Nov. 15     Nov. 8     Nov. 1   Prior Year
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Initial Claims (SA)            542,000    515,000    484,000    333,000
    Change                     27,000     31,000     -1,000    209,000
    Percent change               5.2%       6.4%      -0.2%      62.8%
4-Wk moving average           506,500    490,750    477,750    331,750
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Initial Claims (NSA)           511,941    538,658    466,341    323,124
    Change                    -26,717     72,317     16,952    188,817
    Percent change              -5.0%      15.5%       3.8%      58.4%
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Week Ending                   Nov. 8     Nov. 1    Oct. 25   Prior Year
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Continuing claims (SA)       4,012,000  3,903,000  3,832,000  2,580,000
    Change                    109,000     71,000    111,000  1,432,000
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Week Ending                   Nov. 8     Nov. 1    Oct. 25   Prior Year
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    Percent change               2.8%       1.9%       3.0%      55.5%
4-Wk Moving average (SA)    3,867,000  3,795,750  3,751,250  2,588,750
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)       3.0%       2.9%       2.9%       1.9%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)      2.6%       2.6%       2.5%       1.7%
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Continuing claims (NSA)      3,518,151  3,457,894  3,310,892  2,293,829
    Change                     60,257    147,002     77,774  1,224,322
    Percent change               1.7%       4.4%       2.4%      53.4%
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                             Nov. 1    Oct. 25    Oct. 18   Prior Year
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Extended benefits (NSA)             94        111        675          0
    Change                        -17       -564       -424         94
Emergency Unemp. Comp. (NSA)   713,059    756,683    773,049          0
    Change                    -43,624    -16,366   -205,093    713,059
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(SA) = Seasonally adjusted figures. (NSA) = Not seasonally adjusted.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kristy Scheuble in Washington at kmckeaney@bloomberg.net