Va. new jobless statements edged up previous week
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Ongoing statements continue being in drop
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Kate Andrews
Virginia’s initial unemployment promises greater a little bit last week while ongoing statements diminished yet again, as they have for a number of weeks, the Virginia Work Commission described Thursday.
For the submitting week ending July 17, the point out recorded 6,304 new jobless promises, up 352 from the preceding week, when ongoing promises totaled 35,202, down 1,135 from the past 7 days. As opposed to the exact same 7 days final year, continued promises ended up 90% lower than the 357,098 statements in 2020, while preliminary promises final week have been 83% decrease than a yr in the past, when claims attained 37,946.
People getting unemployment rewards as a result of the VEC must file weekly unemployment promises in purchase to continue on receiving added benefits.
Additional than fifty percent of the claimants who filed for rewards very last 7 days (and the prior 4 months) described getting in these industries: lodging/food items provider administrative and squander providers retail and health treatment and social support.
The regions of the state that have been most impacted carry on to be Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads.
Nationwide, the progress determine for seasonally altered preliminary statements very last week was 419,000, an maximize of 51,000 from the preceding week’s revised degree, in accordance to the U.S. Section of Labor. There were being 1,373,239 initial promises all through the identical week very last 12 months.
