Digging a little deeper into today's Claims ( From the WTF Files )

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20132401.htm

In the week ending December 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 379,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's figure of 369,000. The 4-week moving average was 343,500, an increase of 13,250 from the previous week's revised average of 330,250.
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The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 414,002 in the week ending December 14, a decrease of 48,196 from the previous week. There were 401,429 initial claims in the comparable week in 2012.

 607,000 people added in one week to all UE programs