New unemployment claims in Vermont increased again last week, as claims edged higher than for the same time last year. For the week of April 13, 2013, there were 1,068 new, regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont. This is an increase of 171 from the previous week's total, and 50 more than they were a year ago.
Altogether 8,718 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 142 from a week ago and 746 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 920 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 46 more than a week ago.
In addition, there were 36 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 4 more than the week before. The Tier II program of extended benefits is being discontinued in Vermont as the state's unemployment rate has been under the federal threshold for more than three months.
The total for all programs was 9,683 claims, the exact same as last week and 2,024 fewer than the same time last year.
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 three-tenths to 4.1 percent in March, the third lowest rate in the nation and lowest in New England. SEE STORY.
Weekly unemployment claims increase again to over 1,000
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