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Week Ending November 1, 2008
There were 1,253 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 63 from the week before, according to the Vermont Department of Labor. Altogether 7.545 new and continuing claims were filed, 640 more than a week ago and 2342 more than a year earlier. In addition, the Department processed 1,136 claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008, a decrease of 25 from last week.
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