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In reply to the discussion: Nonfarm payroll employment rises by 1.8 million in July; unemployment rate falls to 10.2% [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)21. I'd be relieved to see the DOL tackle this one.
Last edited Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:06 AM - Edit history (2)
The weekly unemployme[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142554593|nt benefits numbers come from one building, and the monthly payroll employment and unemployment rate numbers come from another building.
You'd think they could have a Teams meeting about this.
U.S. weekly jobless claims total 1.186 million, lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
News Release
Connect with DOL at https://blog.dol.gov
TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL
8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, August 6, 2020
COVID-19 Impact
The COVID-19 virus continues to impact the number of initial claims and insured unemployment. This report includes
information on claimants filing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment
Compensation claims.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending August 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 1,186,000, a decrease of 249,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 1,434,000 to 1,435,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,337,750, a decrease of 31,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 1,368,500 to 1,368,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 11.0 percent for the week ending July 25, a decrease of 0.6 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 25 was 16,107,000, a decrease of 844,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 67,000 from 17,018,000 to 16,951,000. The 4-week moving average was 16,628,250, a decrease of 413,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 16,750 from 17,058,250 to 17,041,500.
{snip}
UNADJUSTED DATA
{snip}
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending July 18 was 32,118,678, an increase of 1,302,816 from the previous week. There were 1,707,267 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019.
{snip the rest of the eleven-page news release, until the end}
Weekly Claims Archives
https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp
Weekly Claims Data
https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims.asp
U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The Department's Reasonable Accommodation Resource Center converts Departmental information and documents into alternative formats, which include Braille and large print. For alternative format requests, please contact the Department at (202) 693-7828 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (federal relay).
http://www.dol.gov/
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/internal/reasonable-accomodations-resource-center
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
Release Number: USDL 20-1532-NAT
Program Contacts:
Thomas Stengle: (202) 693-2991
Media Contact: (202) 693-4676
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
News Release
Connect with DOL at https://blog.dol.gov
TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL
8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, August 6, 2020
COVID-19 Impact
The COVID-19 virus continues to impact the number of initial claims and insured unemployment. This report includes
information on claimants filing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment
Compensation claims.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending August 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 1,186,000, a decrease of 249,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 1,434,000 to 1,435,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,337,750, a decrease of 31,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 1,368,500 to 1,368,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 11.0 percent for the week ending July 25, a decrease of 0.6 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 25 was 16,107,000, a decrease of 844,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 67,000 from 17,018,000 to 16,951,000. The 4-week moving average was 16,628,250, a decrease of 413,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 16,750 from 17,058,250 to 17,041,500.
{snip}
UNADJUSTED DATA
{snip}
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending July 18 was 32,118,678, an increase of 1,302,816 from the previous week. There were 1,707,267 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019.
{snip the rest of the eleven-page news release, until the end}
Weekly Claims Archives
https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp
Weekly Claims Data
https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims.asp
U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The Department's Reasonable Accommodation Resource Center converts Departmental information and documents into alternative formats, which include Braille and large print. For alternative format requests, please contact the Department at (202) 693-7828 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (federal relay).
http://www.dol.gov/
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/internal/reasonable-accomodations-resource-center
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
Release Number: USDL 20-1532-NAT
Program Contacts:
Thomas Stengle: (202) 693-2991
Media Contact: (202) 693-4676
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Nonfarm payroll employment rises by 1.8 million in July; unemployment rate falls to 10.2% [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2020
OP
Yup, I agree. Today's report is yet another in a series of "horrible but not as horrible as
progree
Aug 2020
#28
Oh, sorry. I was waiting for you, but I didn't see you. Next month....
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2020
#4
That's 'cause I was trying to see if WaPo had any more than those initial 2 paragraphs
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#6
16.3 million unemployed but 32.1 million continuing claims for unemployment benefits
progree
Aug 2020
#13
"Will be interesting if the fucking worthless media ever tackles this one."
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#16
The thing is, the BLS 16.3 million is just a household survey where they ask a question about how
progree
Aug 2020
#19
Saving the banks and elites by printing money and buying financial assets
bucolic_frolic
Aug 2020
#10
U.S. adds 1.8 million jobs in July as hiring slows after fresh coronavirus outbreak
UpInArms
Aug 2020
#12
The U-6 rate only includes those who have looked for work in the past 12 months
progree
Aug 2020
#15
One surprising thing is they compare a lot of their stats to the February levels
progree
Aug 2020
#24