WASHINGTON — There were 516,000 first-time filings for unemployment insurance last week, compared with the revised figure of 484,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported today. It's the highest number of new filings since Sept. 29, 2001.
During the same week last year, there were 351,760 first-time filings.
The four-week average of first-time claims was 491,000, an increase from 477,750 last week.
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The largest increases in first-time claims were in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona.
The largest decreases in new claims were in California, Florida, Nevada, South Carolina and Indiana.
Today's data report follows bleak news from the government's latest unemployment figures.
Last Friday, the department reported that unemployment rose to 6.5% in October.
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