New unemployment claims down; continued claims up
New unemployment claims down; continued claims up MGN Online and last updated 2020-12-28 18:01:29-05 Louisiana officials say the initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending December 19, 2020 dropped to 7,926 from the week ending December 12, 2020 total of 9,289. For a comparison, during the week ending December 21, 2019, 2,218 initial claims were filed. The four-week moving average of initial claims decreased to 9,527 from the previous weekâs average of 10,057. The unemployment insurance continued claims for the week ending December 19, 2020 decreased to 64,448 from the w...