by Calculated Risk on 6/28/2012 08:30:00 AM
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims mostly unchanged
The DOL reports:
In the week ending June 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 386,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 392,000. The 4-week moving average was 386,750, a decrease of 750 from the previous week's revised average of 387,500.The previous week was revised up from 387,000 to 392,000.
The following graph shows the 4-week moving average of weekly claims since January 2000.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihi5W3M_3gXgtVtqWvTaQmW8wibkcdJIyr8wZtAKLley6tC0YRrbEa7fyHKFnF0vpONlAuvN4y-UwamZWBru4eRnRvqji5-_ig1Q8YHvV18rm02H4l3IBYSm29JtSHkLe_Y4xU/s320/WeeklyClaimsJune282012.jpg)
The dashed line on the graph is the current 4-week average. The four-week average of weekly unemployment claims declined slightly to 386,750.
This is just off the high for the year.
And here is a long term graph of weekly claims:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOJYSk9o2-1IkFJIsSPTJjfEV43C9d5-sdbUWXUqD778Iujho9Y5-ong8DA0QgBxxVwSYqu9rDLLRatd3ge725y2vR5SoNLzvpyj0n6f6nPg7arGFbLoeR3ZV27ZdkvcJY6Vj/s320/WeeklyClaimsLongJune282012.jpg)