Weekly unemployment claims in Vermont decreased last week, while March results continued at higher levels than February. Last week there were 959 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont last week. This is a decrease of 143 from the week before and are 53 fewer than last year's total.
Altogether 10,411 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 153 from a week ago and 1,914 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 1,517 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 45 fewer than a week ago. In addition, there were 708 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 20 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 two-tenths to 5.0 percent in January. See storyHERE.
Weekly unemployment claims fall, remain above February totals
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