Global| Feb 25 2021TT
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Summary
• PREVIOUS>>>>>>>>>>>Initial claims for unemployment insurance rose 13,000 in the week ended February 13 to 861,000...... For more details, please see the September 3 commentary on jobless claims. Data on weekly unemployment claims [...]
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PREVIOUS>>>>>>>>>>>Initial claims for unemployment insurance rose 13,000 in the week ended February 13 to 861,000......
For more details, please see the September 3 commentary on jobless claims.
Data on weekly unemployment claims going back to 1967 are contained in Haver's WEEKLY database, and they are summarized monthly in USECON. Data for individual states are in REGIONW. The expectations figure is from the Action Economics Forecast Survey, carried in the AS1REPNA database.
| Unemployment Insurance (SA, 000s) | 02/20/21 | 02/13/21 | 02/06/21 | Y/Y % | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Claims | 861 | 848 | 812 | 300 | 1,450 | 218 | 221 |
| Initial Claims (NSA) | 862 | 868 | 850 | 312 | 1,367 | 218 | 221 |
| Initial Claims Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (NSA) | 516 | 342 | 369 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Continuing Claims | -- | 4,494 | 4,558 | 160 | 10,664 | 1,701 | 1,756 |
| Continuing Claims (NSA) | -- | 4,945 | 5,039 | 136 | 10,358 | 1,704 | 1,763 |
| Continuing Claims Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (NSA) | -- | -- | 7,685 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Insured Unemployment Rate (%) | -- | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1.2 |
7.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Tom Moeller
AuthorMore in Author Profile »Prior to joining Haver Analytics in 2000, Mr. Moeller worked as the Economist at Chancellor Capital Management from 1985 to 1999. There, he developed comprehensive economic forecasts and interpreted economic data for equity and fixed income portfolio managers. Also at Chancellor, Mr. Moeller worked as an equity analyst and was responsible for researching and rating companies in the economically sensitive automobile and housing industries for investment in Chancellor’s equity portfolio. Prior to joining Chancellor, Mr. Moeller was an Economist at Citibank from 1979 to 1984. He also analyzed pricing behavior in the metals industry for the Council on Wage and Price Stability in Washington, D.C. In 1999, Mr. Moeller received the award for most accurate forecast from the Forecasters' Club of New York. From 1990 to 1992 he was President of the New York Association for Business Economists. Mr. Moeller earned an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University, where he graduated in 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from George Washington University.
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