Initial jobless claims for the week ending September 6 were a seasonally adjusted 315k, up from the prior week’s revised reading of 304k. Not seasonally adjusted, jobless claims for the week were 234k.The 4-week moving average of initial jobless claims is 304k.

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The insured unemployment rate was 1.9%, unchanged from the week prior.

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The number of unemployment insurance recipients, or continuing claims, for regular state programs was 2.487 million, up from the previous week’s revised reading of 2.478 million.

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Individual states that had changes in claims of more than 1k (not seasonally adjusted):

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Jobless claims and the unemployment rate:

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