4-Week Moving Average of Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment)/(Labor Force in the United States (DISCONTINUED)*1000)

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4-Week Moving Average of Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) (CC4WSA)

Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration

Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

Units: Number, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Weekly, Ending Saturday

Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Employment and Training Administration, 4-Week Moving Average of Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) [CC4WSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CC4WSA, May 17, 2024.

Labor Force in the United States (DISCONTINUED) (USALFNA)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Release: International Comparisons of Annual Labor Force Statistics

Units: Thousands of Persons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Annual

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has eliminated the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program. This is the last BLS release of international comparisons of annual labor force statistics.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force in the United States (DISCONTINUED) [USALFNA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USALFNA, May 17, 2024.