Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims

Week ending

 Change

 Change

12/15/07

12/08/07

12/16/2006

Wk Ago

Yr Ago

Initial Claims

No. of Claimants

5,370

6,761

4,147

-20.6%

+29.5%

4-Week Moving Average

5,762

5,048

5,137

+14.1%

+12.2%

Continued Claims

Weeks claimed

24,456

20,071

26.567

+21.8%

-7.9%

4-Week Moving Average

20,646

18,712

23,483

+10.3%

-12.1%

Industry

# of weeks

Amount paid

First payments

Manufacturing

19,730

$5.88 million

2,296

Construction

8,804

$2.77 million

839

Retail trade

6,268

$1.64 million

401

Administrative and waste mgmt.

4,942

$1.19 million

459

Health care and social assistance

4,332

$1.13 million

251

Accommodation and food service

2,923

$0.63 million

255

All industries

70,931

$19.56 million

6,517