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Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2006 to March 2008, not seasonally adjusted

Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2006 to March 2008, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                  Private nonfarm                                
                                                                                                                                 
                                  Total mass layoffs                            Extended mass layoffs                            
             Date                                        Mass layoffs         lasting more than 30 days     Realization rates (1)

                                           Initial               Initial                       Initial                   Initial 
                               Events     claimants   Events    claimants       Events        claimants        Events   claimants
             2006                                                                                                                

January ....................    1,245      117,946     1,123     108,701                                                         
February ...................      719       66,555       658      62,208                                                         
March ......................      921      111,838       856     106,177                                                         

First Quarter ..............    2,885      296,339     2,637     277,086           963         193,510           36.5       69.8 

April ......................    1,140      121,589     1,038     112,964                                                         
May ........................      872       84,809       794      78,663                                                         
June .......................    1,489      164,761     1,224     140,687                                                         

Second Quarter .............    3,501      371,159     3,056     332,314         1,353         264,927           44.3       79.7 

July .......................    1,511      166,857     1,335     154,342                                                         
August .....................      708       72,844       656      69,054                                                         
September ..................      865       87,699       785      81,274                                                         

Third Quarter ..............    3,084      327,400     2,776     304,670           929         161,764           33.5       53.1 

October ....................      964       98,804       820      88,133                                                         
November ...................    1,315      136,186     1,172     125,009                                                         
December ...................    2,249      254,503     2,126     244,783                                                         

Fourth Quarter .............    4,528      489,493     4,118     457,925         1,640         330,901           39.8       72.3 

             2007                                                                                                                

January ....................    1,407      134,984     1,263     124,475                                                         
February ...................      935       86,696       861      82,097                                                         
March ......................    1,082      123,974     1,015     118,431                                                         

First Quarter ..............    3,424      345,654     3,139     325,003         1,111         199,295           35.4       61.3 

April ......................    1,219      127,444     1,115     118,040                                                         
May ........................      923       85,816       856      81,153                                                         
June .......................    1,599      172,810     1,318     148,669                                                         

Second Quarter .............    3,741      386,070     3,289     347,862         1,421         258,812           43.2       74.4 

July .......................    1,599      175,419     1,450     164,939                                                         
August .....................      963       93,458       908      88,345                                                         
September ..................      717       67,385       667      64,026                                                         

Third Quarter ..............    3,279      336,262     3,025     317,310         1,019         172,508           33.7       54.4 

October ....................    1,083      108,455       929      97,716                                                         
November ...................    1,799      198,220     1,593     181,184                                                         
December ...................    2,167      224,214     2,071     216,898                                                         

Fourth Quarter .............    5,049      530,889     4,593     495,798   (2)(p)1,619   (2)(p)234,612        (p)35.2    (p)47.3 

             2008                                                                                                                

January ....................    1,647      154,503     1,520     144,191                                                         
February ...................    1,269      119,508     1,178     113,587                                                         
March ......................    1,089      114,541     1,039     110,147                                                         

First Quarter ..............    4,005      388,552     3,737     367,925                                                         

   1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days.  The
initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with layoffs
lasting more than 30 days.
   2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available.  Experience
suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and the number of
initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
   p = preliminary. 





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