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Advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 13: 1,923,000.

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Data verified by ETA weekly UI claims release.

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The Department of Labor reports that seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims for the week ending December 20 fell to 214,000 (down 10,000 from the prior week) with a 4-week moving average of 216,750. The seasonally adjusted insured unemployment level for the week ending December 13 rose to 1,923,000 (up 38,000), and the insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent. On an unadjusted basis, initial claims totaled 264,009 (up 8,832), while continued weeks claimed across all programs fell to 1,905,668. No state was triggered "on" for the Extended Benefits program.
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ETA weekly unemployment insurance release for the week ending December 13, 2025 lists the advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment at 1,923,000, an increase of 38,000 from the prior week's revised level. The insured unemployment rate for that week is 1.3%. The FRED release tables corroborate the 1,923,000 figure for the week of 2025-12-13, aligning with the ETA data. Verdict: True—the statement is accurate because the primary ETA source and the corroborating FRED data confirm the figure.

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  1. Update · Dec 25, 2025, 03:01 AMTrue
    ETA weekly unemployment insurance release for the week ending December 13, 2025 lists the advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment at 1,923,000, an increase of 38,000 from the prior week's revised level. The insured unemployment rate for that week is 1.3%. The FRED release tables corroborate the 1,923,000 figure for the week of 2025-12-13, aligning with the ETA data. Verdict: True—the statement is accurate because the primary ETA source and the corroborating FRED data confirm the figure.
  2. Original article · Dec 24, 2025
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