(AP) — First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Nov. 5 increased from the previous week’s total.
The state labor department figures released Monday show the initial claims increased to 3,678 from the previous week’s total of 3,435. The figure was lower than it was for the comparable week a year earlier, when there were 3,974 initial claims.
The four-week moving average, which is a less volatile measure of claims, decreased to 3,442 from the previous week’s total of 3,454. Continued unemployment claims claimed for the week ending Nov. 5 totaled 40,182,
 
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