New unemployment claims increased slightly last week

Of the new claims, 48 percent were estimated to be related to the pandemic.

Published on March 5, 2021 at 7:41 am CST

Updated on March 6 at 3:50 pm

(APR GRAPHIC/STOCK)

There were 11,624 new unemployment claims filed last week, according to the Alabama Department of Labor, up from 11,395 the previous week.

Of the new claims, 5,599 are estimated to be related to COVID-19, representing 48 percent. That compares to 54 percent of the previous week’s claims.

Micah Danney is a former reporter at the Alabama Political Reporter.

National labor market remained stable in June with 206,000 new jobs

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most measures of labor market performance barely changed between May and June.

According to preliminary estimates, prices rose 3.4 percent in the last year and unemployment is at 3.9 percent.

The preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up to 2.9 percent from December's 2.8 percent.

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