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Employment insurance claims down slightly, week over week

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For the week ending Jan. 19, advance figures for seasonally adjusted initial employment insurance claims was 301,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s (revised ) figure of 302,000, according to figures just released by the Employment and Training Administration arm of the US Department of Labor. California was the state hardest hit, with over 25,000 layoffs in the construction and service industries.