REVISION TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS Note:
Calendar Year (CY) 2024 seasonal factors and revised seasonal factors for CY 2019-2023 for both initial claims and continued claims will be available at https://www.bls.gov/lau/seasonal-adjustment-forweekly-unemployment-insurance-claims.htm by 12:00 pm (Eastern) on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Revisions to the historical series for CY 2019-2023 for both initial claims and continued claims will be published on March 14, 2024, with the release of the Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims News Release

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

March 7, 2024 - In the week ending March 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 217,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 215,000 to 217,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,250, a decrease of 750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 212,500 to 213,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent for the week ending February 24, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending February 24 was 1,906,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 7,000 from 1,905,000 to 1,898,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,888,250, an increase of 10,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the highest level for this average since December 11, 2021 when it was 1,888,250. The previous week's average was revised down by 1,750 from 1,879,750 to 1,878,000.

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Source: DOL

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