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US Data: Unemployment Insurance - Continuing Claims>

Release for week ended: May 5, 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Labor
Data in millions, seasonally adjusted unless noted
Figures lag initial weekly claims by one week.
Week      Receiving              4-week    Insured   Benefits   Change
ended      benefits   Change    average       Rate     unadj.   unadj.
05-May-18      #N/A     #N/A       #N/A       #N/A       #N/A     #N/A
28-Apr-18     1.790       30      1.813        1.3      1.720      -19
21-Apr-18     1.760      -74      1.835        1.2      1.739     -127
14-Apr-18     1.834      -32      1.849        1.3      1.865      -64
07-Apr-18     1.866      -12      1.860        1.3      1.930      -72
31-Mar-18     1.878       60      1.852        1.3      2.002       -2
24-Mar-18     1.818      -58      1.852        1.3      2.003     -109
17-Mar-18     1.876       40      1.863        1.3      2.112        4
10-Mar-18     1.836      -41      1.874        1.3      2.108      -86
03-Mar-18     1.877       15      1.881        1.3      2.194      -39
24-Feb-18     1.862      -60      1.895        1.3      2.233      -26
17-Feb-18     1.922       60      1.908        1.4      2.259       -2
10-Feb-18     1.862      -73      1.912        1.3      2.261      -63
03-Feb-18     1.935       24      1.927        1.4      2.324       13
27-Jan-18     1.911      -29      1.929        1.4      2.311      -66
20-Jan-18     1.940       18      1.920        1.4      2.376       89
13-Jan-18     1.922      -22      1.908        1.4      2.288     -129
06-Jan-18     1.944       71      1.911        1.4      2.416      115
30-Dec-17     1.873      -18      1.907        1.3      2.302      235
23-Dec-17     1.891      -45      1.913        1.3      2.066       80
16-Dec-17     1.936        8      1.918        1.4      1.986       18
09-Dec-17     1.928       32      1.921        1.4      1.968       99
02-Dec-17     1.896      -17      1.918        1.3      1.869      -88
25-Nov-17     1.913      -32      1.916        1.4      1.957      339
18-Nov-17     1.945       29      1.914        1.4      1.619     -106
11-Nov-17     1.916       26      1.902        1.4      1.724      101
04-Nov-17     1.890      -14      1.900        1.3      1.623       -9
28-Oct-17     1.904        5      1.903        1.4      1.632       23
21-Oct-17     1.899       -8      1.906        1.4      1.609        5
14-Oct-17     1.907        4      1.909        1.4      1.604       37
07-Oct-17     1.903      -11      1.913        1.4      1.566      -17
30-Sep-17     1.914        1      1.929        1.4      1.583      -32
23-Sep-17     1.913      -10      1.935        1.4      1.615       -8
16-Sep-17     1.923      -42      1.943        1.4      1.623     -116
09-Sep-17     1.965       25      1.949        1.4      1.739       40
02-Sep-17     1.940       -3      1.945        1.4      1.699     -113
26-Aug-17     1.943       -4      1.948        1.4      1.812      -29
19-Aug-17     1.947       -3      1.951        1.4      1.842      -44
12-Aug-17     1.950       -2      1.955        1.4      1.886       -4
05-Aug-17     1.952       -2      1.958        1.4      1.890      -31
29-Jul-17     1.954       -9      1.963        1.4      1.920      -19
22-Jul-17     1.963        1      1.962        1.4      1.940      -34
15-Jul-17     1.962       -9      1.962        1.4      1.974      -23
08-Jul-17     1.971       20      1.959        1.4      1.997      157
01-Jul-17     1.951      -13      1.953        1.4      1.840      -28
24-Jun-17     1.964       14      1.952        1.4      1.867       56
17-Jun-17     1.950        3      1.945        1.4      1.811       16
10-Jun-17     1.947        2      1.940        1.4      1.795       12
03-Jun-17     1.945        8      1.937        1.4      1.783       32
27-May-17     1.937        5      1.931        1.4      1.751       -9
20-May-17     1.932       -3       #N/A        1.4      1.760      -24
13-May-17     1.935       15       #N/A        1.4      1.784        2
06-May-17     1.920      -15       #N/A        1.4      1.782      -70
29-Apr-17     1.935     #N/A       #N/A        1.4      1.852     #N/A
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