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Week Ending December 06, 2008
There were 1,492 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 331 from the week before. Altogether 11,960 new and continuing claims were filed, 1,332 more than a week ago and 4,496 more than a year earlier. In addition, the Department processed 1,719 claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008, an increase of 575 from last week.
The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at:
http://www.vtlmi.info/
Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at:
http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc