Dayton Business Journal...
Ohio has largest
decrease in jobless claims
by Ed Green, DBJ Contributor
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment
benefits for the week ended June 25 fell to 428,000, a decline of 1,000
from the previous week’s revised figure of 429,000, the U.S. Department
of Labor reported Thursday.
The four-week moving average was 426,750, an increase of 500 from the
previous week, according to a news release.
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ended June 18 were
in California (up 4,393), New Jersey (3,274), Florida (3,146), Michigan
(1,794) and Pennsylvania (1,653). The largest decreases were in Ohio
(down 2,769), Illinois (2,557), New York (2,215), Georgia (2,119) and
Texas (1,532).
Overall, the release said, the total number of people claiming jobless
benefits for the week ended June 4 was about 7,511,613 million, a
decrease of 30,701 from the previous week.
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