by Calculated Risk on 9/08/2011 08:30:00 AM
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 414,000
The DOL reports:
In the week ending September 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 414,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 412,000. The 4-week moving average was 414,750, an increase of 3,750 from the previous week's revised average of 411,000.The following graph shows the 4-week moving average of weekly claims since January 2000 (longer term graph in graph gallery).
![Weekly Unemployment Claims](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4wELGMrf4N4qgjvQ21WFHuYK390NGUX6y5urbEP5SSzJ2ddXkqWVkHJGTJbK4uWwG3WT4o_ItVVP95T0UN4HvNbL1jJQWvWVhM3woAq92LdN09zHpePN6wpwXL5gpxS2e3eC/s320/WeeklyClaimsShortSep82011.jpg)
The dashed line on the graph is the current 4-week average. The four-week average of weekly unemployment claims increased this week to 414,750.
Weekly claims increased slightly, and the 4-week average is still elevated - and remains above the 400,000 level.