Adrienne Roberts and Kristi Tanner
Detroit Free Press
New claims for unemployment benefits in Utah declined last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.
New jobless claims, considered a proxy for layoffs, dropped to 2,490 in the week ending June 5, down from 3,103 the week before, the Labor department said.
There were 5,382 new claims in Utah at the same time last year.
U.S. unemployment claims continued their downward slide. Claims for regular benefits dropped to 376,000 last week, down 9,000 claims from 385,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Claims on a seasonally adjusted basis have now declined for six straight weeks and have dropped to their lowest level since March 14, 2020, before the pandemic, when claims were at 256,000.