Jobless claims drop by 23,000

The latest data shows a decline in initial jobless claims. Seasonally adjusted unemployment claims declined by a notable 23,000 to 369,000 claims from a revised 392,000 claims for the prior week.

By SoldAtTheTop,?Guest blogger / October 25, 2012

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Today?s jobless claims report?indicated a decline in initial jobless claims while continued unemployment claims remained flat as seasonally adjusted initial claims trended just below the closely watched 400K level.?

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Seasonally adjusted ?initial? unemployment claims declined by a notable 23,000 to 369,000 claims from a revised 392,000 claims for the prior week while seasonally adjusted ?continued? claims dropped to 3.254 million resulting in an ?insured? unemployment rate of 2.5%.?

Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored ?extended? unemployment benefit programs (the ?extended benefits? and ?EUC 2008? from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.?

Currently there are some 2.08 million people receiving federal ?extended? unemployment benefits.?

Taken together with the latest 2.74 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 4.83 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.?

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