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Today’s jobless claims report showed notable increases to both initial and continued unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted remained below the closely watched 400K level.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 21,000 to 377,000 claims from last week’s revised 356,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 88,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.8%.

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 3.41 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 4.11 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.53 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed a decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial claims continued to trend lower below the so closely watched 400K level.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 15,000 to 372,000 claims from last week’s revised 387,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 22,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.8%.

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 3.50 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.61 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.11 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed notable declines to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was firmly called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 23,000 to 381,000 claims from last week’s revised 404,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 174,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.8%.

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 3.30 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.16 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.47 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed an decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 9,000 to 397,000 claims from last week’s revised 406,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 15,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

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 3.48 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.19 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.68 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed an decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 2,000 to 402,000 claims from last week’s revised 404,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 96,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

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 3.44 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.13 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.58 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed an decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend was called into question for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 1,000 to 404,000 claims from last week’s revised 405,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 55,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.9%.

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 3.55 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.16 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 6.71 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed an increase to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued unemployment claims as a slight rising trend began to materialize for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased 11,000 to 428,000 claims from last week’s revised 417,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 12,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

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 3.60 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.43 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.04 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.

Today’s jobless claims report showed a stark jump to initial unemployment claims and an increase to continued unemployment claims as a notable rising trend continued to materialize for initial claims.

Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment increased by 43,000 to 474,000 claims from last week’s revised 431,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims increased by 74,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 3.0%.

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 4.12 million people receiving federal “extended” unemployment benefits.

Taken together with the latest 3.78 million people that are currently counted as receiving traditional continued unemployment benefits, there are 7.90 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls.