SC Department of Employment and Workforce issued the following statement Thursday.
Initial Claims: In the week ending April 25, 2020, the advance figures for South Carolina initial claims* are 65,159, a decrease of 7,957 initial claims from the week prior. This is the second week of a reported decrease in initial claims since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March of this year. This means that there were 65,159 individuals who both live and work in the state of South Carolina who filed an initial claim during the claim week, April 19, 2020 - April 25, 2020. This is the data you will see reflected in the county information below.
*An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claimant requests a determination of basic eligibility for the UI program. When an initial claim is filed with a state, certain programmatic activities take place and these result in activity counts including the count of initial claims. The count of U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance is a leading economic indicator because it is an indication of emerging labor market conditions in the country. However, these are weekly administrative data which are difficult to seasonally adjust, making the series subject to some volatility.
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