NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Sept. 17, 2020
Media Contact: Craig Shaul, Craig.Shaul@labor.idaho.gov or Salvador Vazquez, Salvador.Vazquez@labor.idaho.gov

Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits totaled 3,672 for the week ending Sept. 12, dropping by 4 percent – or 132 claims – from the previous week.

The four-week moving average held steady at 3,739 new initial claims per week.

Continued claims – the number of people who requested a benefit payment – continued to fall, dropping 12 percent from the previous week to 11,510, the 19th consecutive week of declines. The four-week moving average for continued claims also fell 12 percent – from 15,658 for the week ending Sept. 5 to 13,842 for the week ending Sept. 12.

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NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Sept. 10, 2020
Media Contact: Craig Shaul, Craig.Shaul@labor.idaho.gov or Salvador Vazquez, Salvador.Vazquez@labor.idaho.gov

New initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits totaled 3,804 for the week ending Sept. 5, increasing 3 percent – or 118 claims – from the previous week.

The four-week moving average increased by 4 percent to 3,732 new initial claims per week.
Continued claims – the number of people who requested a benefit payment – dropped by 10 percent from the previous week to 13,021, the 18th consecutive week of declines. The four-week moving average for continued claims also fell 10 percent – from 17,468 for the week ending Aug. 29 to 15,658 for the week ending Sept. 5.

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