Weekly unemployment claims decrease slightly
For the Week of 09/26/2009. There were 760 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 20 from the week before. Altogether 9,384 new and continuing claims were filed, 304 fewer than a week ago and 3,645 more than a year earlier. The Department also processed 4,595 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 22 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 923 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 54 from the week before. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/(link is external). Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc(link is external)