(KUNA) -- U.S. initial claims for unemployment increased in the week ending November 13 reaching 439,000 compared to the previous week, official data showed here Thursday.The Department of Labor indicated that in the week ending November 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 439,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 437,000.
It added that the four-week moving average was 443,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average of 447,000. Furthermore, the advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.4 percent for the week ending November 6, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's revised rate of 3.5 percent. The four-week moving average was 4,353,250, a decrease of 45,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 4,398,750, the Department showed.