Weekly unemployment claims in Vermont fell significantly for the first time since mid-winter last week. For the week there were 714 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont. This is a decrease of 384 claims from the week before, and 256 fewer than last year's total.
Altogether 8,623 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 600 from a week ago and 1,741 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 1,501 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 27 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 715 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 23 fewer 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 to 4.8 percent in March. See storyHERE.