Tag: unemployment
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims rise to 242,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 13,000 for the week ending April 29 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000. The previous week’s figure was revised down from 230,000 to 229,000. The four-week moving average as of April 29 rose to 239,250 from a revised 235,750 as of the week ending April 22. The number…
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Wisconsin Assembly passes unemployment insurance indexing bill
Wisconsin lawmakers on April 25 passed several bills related to unemployment insurance, including one that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. Assembly Bill 153 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 14 during times when the unemployment rate is at or below 3.5%. The bill also…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims rise to 245,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 5,000 for the week ending April 15 to a seasonally adjusted 245,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up from 239,000 to 240,000. The four-week moving average as of April 15 fell to 239,750 from a revised 240,250 as of the week ending April 8. The number…
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Wisconsin introduces unemployment insurance indexing bill
Wisconsin lawmakers on April 7 introduced several bills related to unemployment insurance, including one that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. Assembly Bill 153 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 14 during times when the unemployment rate is at or below 3.5%. The bill also…
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Weekly unemployment insurance claims top 200,000 for first time in nine weeks
Following a change in seasonal adjustment calculations, the U.S. Department of Labor on April 6 revised its figure for new applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits for the week ending March 25 (the week before the changes were announced) from 198,000 to 246,000—an increase of about 24%. The four-week moving average as of March 25…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims rise to 198,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 7,000 for the week ending March 25 to a seasonally adjusted 198,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised at 191,000. The four-week moving average as of March 25 rose to 198,250 from an unrevised 196,250 as of the week ending March 18. The number of continuing unemployment…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 191,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 1,000 for the week ending March 18 to a seasonally adjusted 191,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised at 192,000. The four-week moving average as of March 18 fell to 196,250 from an unrevised 196,500 as of the week ending March 11. The number of continuing unemployment…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 192,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 20,000 for the week ending March 11 to a seasonally adjusted 192,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up from 211,000 to 212,000. The four-week moving average as of March 11 fell to 196,500 from a revised 197,250 as of the week ending March 4. The number…
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Arkansas enacts law reducing length of unemployment insurance benefits
A new Arkansas law effective March 6, 2023, will limit the maximum length of unemployment insurance benefits from 16 weeks to 12 weeks starting Jan. 1, 2024. The bill passed with veto-proof majorities in both chambers (29-3 in the Senate and 79-15 in the House). The law will also reduce the new employer unemployment insurance…
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Arizona State Senate passes unemployment insurance indexing bill
The Arizona State Senate on March 2 passed a bill 16-14 that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. During times when the unemployment rate is at or below 5%, unemployed workers could collect a maximum of 12 weeks of benefits under the bill. The bill proposes capping the…