New unemployment claims in Vermont increased last week, but continue to trend lower than the earlier part of the winter and lower than for the same period last year. For the week of February 9, 2013, there were 716 new, regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont. This is an increase of 41 from the previous week's total, and 76 fewer than they were the same time last year.
Altogether 9,385 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 224 from a week ago and 601 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 1,005 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 48 fewer than a week ago.
In addition, there were 44 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 1 fewer 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 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
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Weekly unemployment claims up slightly, down from year ago
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