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  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1986-01-04 to 2024-03-09 (6 days ago)

    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.

  • Percent, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1986-01-04 to 2024-03-09 (6 days ago)

    The insured unemployment rate (% of covered employment) is Continued Claims (also called insured unemployment) divided by Covered Employment.


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