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Initial Unemployment Claims In Louisiana Rise
First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Dec. 19 increased from the previous week's total.
The state labor department figures released Monday show the initial claims increased to 2,675 from the previous week's total of 2,443. For the comparable week a year earlier, there were 2,531.
The four-week moving average, which is a less volatile measure of claims, increased to 2,522 from the previous week's total of 2,454.
Continued unemployment claims claimed for the week ending Dec. 19 increased to 21,789 compared to 21,530 the previous week.
The four-week moving average for such claims increased to 21,991 from the previous week's average of 21,944.
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