There were 882 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week. This is an increase of 130 from the week before, as new claims increased again following a decline in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene. In looking at the table below, you will see that the summer's historically low claims came to an abrupt end with the storm. While the numbers are considerably lower than the Irene spike numbers, they have been, for the last couple of weeks, nearly double the initial claims observed in July and August. Altogether 5,946 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 50 from a week ago, but 2,112 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 1,494 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 66 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 701 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 12 more than 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 fell one-tenth in September to 5.8 percent. See story HERE.
See Table and graphs below weekly data.
Vermont Labor Force Statistics
Seasonally Adjusted
Change to
September 2011 from
September
2011
August
2011
September
2010
August
2011
September
2010
Total Labor Force
362,100
359,800
360,100
2,300
2,000
Employment
340,900
338,800
338,800
2,100
2,100
Unemployment
21,100
21,100
21,300
0
-200
Rate
5.8%
5.9%
5.9%
-0.1
-0.1