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Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration
Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
Units: Number, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Weekly, Ending Saturday
Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.
U.S. Employment and Training Administration, Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) [CCSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CCSA, .
Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration
Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
Units: Number, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Weekly, Ending Saturday
An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claim requests a determination of basic eligibility for the Unemployment Insurance program.
U.S. Employment and Training Administration, Initial Claims [ICSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ICSA, .
Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment)
Weekly, Not Seasonally AdjustedInitial Claims
Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted