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Va. new jobless claims edged up last week
Continued claims remain in decline
Virginia’s initial unemployment claims increased slightly last week while continued claims decreased again, as they have for several weeks, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending
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Va. new jobless claims up, while continued claims decline
Compared to 2020, new claims down 74%
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose to 8,196 in the filing week ending June 26, but continued claims decreased, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Last week saw an increase of 1,291
Va. new jobless claims dropped below 7,000 last week
Continued claims filed declined from previous week
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell last week, as did continued claims, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending June 19, 6,905 people filed initial jobless claims,
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State unemployment rate slid to 4.5% in May
Va. jobless rate trends lower than U.S. rate of 5.8%
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 4.5% in May, dropping 0.2 percentage points below April’s jobless rate. May’s statewide unemployment rate was 4 percentage points below May 2020’s rate
New, continued jobless claims maintain decline in Va.
Last week, initial claims fell to 7,210
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Virginia’s unemployment claims, both initial and continued, fell again last week, continuing the positive trend of the last few weeks, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week
Va. new jobless claims dip below 10,000
Continued unemployment claims also declined last week
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Virginia saw another decrease in initial unemployment claims last week, with 9,843 new claims in the filing week ending May 22, down 799 from the previous week, according to the
Va. sees second week of slightly lower initial jobless claims
Continued claims up by 2,500, however
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Virginia saw another week of little change in initial unemployment claims, with 10,642 new claims filed during the week ending May 15, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. This was
Va. sees 67% drop in weekly jobless claims
Decline comes after 171% increase reported previous week
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The state’s number of initial unemployment claims continues to fluctuate wildly, with only 12,231 Virginians submitting new jobless claims for the week ending May 1, a drop of 25,125 claims
Va. new jobless claims up 171%
Numbers down by 48% from same week in 2020, however
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For the April 19-24 filing week, 37,356 Virginians submitted initial unemployment claims, a 171.6% increase from the previous week, but a 48.4% decrease from this time a year ago, when
Va. jobless claims up 173% from last week
State sees 83% decrease from same week in 2020, however
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For the April 13-17 filing week, 13,751 Virginians submitted initial unemployment claims, a 173% increase from the previous week, but an 83% decrease from this time a year ago when jobless