Weekly unemployment benefits stable over last month

There were 625 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 43 from the week before. Altogether 7,090 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 66 from a week ago and 2,085 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 1,596 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 5 fewer than a week ago. In addition, there were 760 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 7 from the week before. 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
Vermont's unemployment rate increased one-tenth in June to 5.5 percent. See story HERE.