by Christian Wade, The Center Square | July 09, 2021 06:00 PM Print this article
First-time unemployment claims in New Hampshire dropped last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor s weekly report.
There were 668 new applications for state jobless benefits filed for the week that ended July 3 – a decline of 627 from the previous week, the federal agency reported on Thursday.
Continuing jobless claims – which lag behind a week but are viewed as a barometer of the unemployment situation – totaled 14,173 in the week ending June 26, an increase of 3,647 over the previous week.
There were 27 new claims last week for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a federally backed program that covers workers not eligible for traditional state unemployment benefits, dropping by 2 claims over the preceding week. The state has ended its participation in the PUA program, but under federal law they cannot pull the plug on beneficiaries immediately.
(The Center Square) – First-time state unemployment claims edged up slightly in New Hampshire last week, even with the state s lowest-in-the-nation unemployment rate.
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