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Va. new jobless claims rise slightly
Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose by about 30% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday, but remained about 8,000 lower than the number filed two weeks ago. For the filing week ending Oct. 23, Virginians filed 2,570 initial claims, an increase of 603 claims from the week before. Continued claims totaled 44,840, a decrease […]
Va. new jobless claims drop under 2,000
Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell dramatically last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Oct. 16, Virginians filed 1,967 initial claims, a decrease of 7,380 claims from the week before. Continued claims totaled 58,421, an increase of 11,954 claims from the previous week. Compared to the same week last year, […]
Va. new jobless claims nearly flat
Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose slightly more than 7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported late Thursday. For the filing week ending Oct. 9, people filed 10,040 initial claims, an increase of 680 from last week. Continued claims totaled 43,535, a decrease of 484 claims from the previous week. Because of the Monday holiday, […]
Va. new jobless claims increase slightly
Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose about 7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday, following a 300% surge two weeks ago and then declined to more normal levels last week. For the filing week ending Oct. 2, people filed 9,360 initial claims, an increase of 643 from the week before. Continued claims totaled 44,019, […]
Va. new jobless claims settle down after last week’s surge
After a 300% surge in new unemployment claims the previous week, the state saw numbers return to relatively normal levels in the filing week ending Sept. 25, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Last week, 8,717 people filed initial claims, a decrease of 7,245 from the week before. Continued claims, however, rose by 9,672 last […]
New jobless claims in Va. surge by 300%
After three weeks of declining unemployment claims statewide, the number of new claims shot up more than 300% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. At the same time, continued claims dropped by more than 3,000 for the filing week ending Sept. 18. The VEC said in Thursday’s report that the end of federal […]
Va. new jobless claims drop for third week in a row
Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell for the third week in a row last week, declining by 38%, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Sept. 11, the state recorded 3,822 new jobless claims, down 2,357 from the previous week. Continued jobless claims also decreased, down 3,811 claims from the previous week […]
Va. new jobless claims declined again last week
Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell for the second week in a row last week, declining by 20%, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Continued jobless claims also decreased for the filing week ending Sept. 4, down 2,036 claims from the previous week to total 44,435. Initial claims totaled 6,179, down 1,598 claims from the previous […]
Va. new jobless claims dropped 35% last week
Virginia’s initial unemployment claims decreased about 35% last week since the previous week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Aug. 28, the state recorded 7,777 new jobless claims, down 4,146 from the previous week. Continued claims totaled 46,471, up 9,396 claims from the previous week. Compared to the same week […]
Va. new jobless claims dropped 28% last week
Virginia’s initial unemployment claims fell 28% last week since the previous week and totaled almost 500 more than the claims in the same week last year, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Aug. 21, the state recorded 11,923 new jobless claims, down 4,670 from the previous week. Continued claims totaled 37,075, […]
Va. new jobless claims rose 62% last week
Virginia’s initial unemployment claims rose by 62% last week since the previous week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Aug. 14, the state recorded 16,593 new jobless claims, up 6,367 from the previous week. Continued claims totaled 35,081, up 3,342 claims from the previous week. This was a break from […]
Va. new jobless claims top 10K, a dramatic rise
Virginia’s initial unemployment claims rose by 67% this week, while continued claims continued to decrease, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. The state saw the nation’s second largest increase in initial claims. For the filing week ending Aug. 7, the state recorded 10,226 new jobless claims, up 4,197 from the previous week. Continued claims totaled […]
