Global| Mar 04 2021U.S. Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Rise Just 9,000
Summary
• • PREVIOUS>>>>>>>>>>Initial jobless insurance claims declined 111,000 in the week ended February 20 to 730,000 from 841,000 in the prior week PREVIOUS>>>>>>>Continuing claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell to 4.419 [...]
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PREVIOUS>>>>>>>>>>Initial jobless insurance claims declined 111,000 in the week ended February 20 to 730,000 from 841,000 in the prior week PREVIOUS>>>>>>>Continuing claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell to 4.419 million in the week ended February 13
For more details, please see the September 3 commentary on jobless claims.Data on weekly unemployment claims going back to 1967 are contained in Haver's WEEKLY database, and they are summarized monthly in USECON. Data for individual states are in REGIONW. The expectations figure is from the Action Economics Forecast Survey, carried in the AS1REPNA database.
| Unemployment Insurance (SA, 000s) | 02/27/21 | 02/20/21 | 02/13/21 | Y/Y % | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Claims | 745 | 736 | 834 | 243 | 1,450 | 218 | 221 |
| Initial Claims (NSA) | 748 | 717 | 835 | 245 | 1,367 | 218 | 221 |
| Initial Claims Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (NSA) | 437 | 427 | 513 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Continuing Claims | -- | 4,295 | 4,419 | 150 | 10,664 | 1,701 | 1,756 |
| Continuing Claims (NSA) | -- | 4,806 | 4,829 | 128 | 10,358 | 1,704 | 1,763 |
| Continuing Claims Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (NSA) | -- | -- | 7,328 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Insured Unemployment Rate (%) | -- | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1.2 |
7.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Carol Stone, CBE
AuthorMore in Author Profile »Carol Stone, CBE came to Haver Analytics in 2003 following more than 35 years as a financial market economist at major Wall Street financial institutions, most especially Merrill Lynch and Nomura Securities. She has broad experience in analysis and forecasting of flow-of-funds accounts, the federal budget and Federal Reserve operations. At Nomura Securites, among other duties, she developed various indicator forecasting tools and edited a daily global publication produced in London and New York for readers in Tokyo. At Haver Analytics, Carol is a member of the Research Department, aiding database managers with research and documentation efforts, as well as posting commentary on select economic reports. In addition, she conducts Ways-of-the-World, a blog on economic issues for an Episcopal-Church-affiliated website, The Geranium Farm. During her career, Carol served as an officer of the Money Marketeers and the Downtown Economists Club. She has a PhD from NYU's Stern School of Business. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has a weekend home on Long Island.
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