Arizona initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped to 3,918 for the week ended May 18, down from 4,288 the prior week. That was down 2.2% over the year and down 8.5% from 2019.
U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance fell 4.9% over the year to 192,017 for the week ended May 18. That was down from 197,680 the prior week and even with the level in 2019.
The U.S. hotel occupancy rate ticked up to 67.4% for the week ended May 18 up from 66.1% the prior week. That was down slightly over the year and down 4.8% from 2019.
U.S. movie box office sales rose modestly for the week ended May 23, reaching $129.5 million. That was up from $129.1 million the prior week but down 20.1% over the year. Sales were down 36.4% from 2019. New movie releases were down 49.2% from 2019.
U.S. TSA traveler throughput rose 7.4% over the year for the week ended May 25, reaching 18.8 million. That was up from 18.1 million the prior week. Throughput was also up 6.8% from 2019.
Arizona new business applications fell for the second straight week to 620 for the week ended May 18. That was down 13.9% over the year.
Data on seated diners at restaurants using the OpenTable app is no longer being updated to compare the current week to 2019 results.
As of October 15, 2022, Google stopped updating mobility data.
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Note: The official initial claims for unemployment insurance numbers for the U.S. are released every Thursday morning covering the week ending on the previous Saturday.
Note: See (http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html) for further definitions. Regular Gasoline has an antiknock index (average of the research octane rating and the motor octane number) greater than or equal to 85 and less than 88. Octane requirements may vary by altitude.
The U.S. Census Bureau continues to produce weekly estimates; however, the weekly estimate files are published as part of the
Monthly Business Formation Statistics (BFS) Release.One key dataset with these estimates is High-Propensity Business Applications, a subset of total weekly business applications in Arizona that measures the number of applications with a high-propensity of turning into a business with a payroll, based on various factors. These data reflect weekly applications for Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) in Arizona which are likely to result in employment and wages. These include applications: (a) from a corporate entity, (b) that indicate they are hiring employees, purchasing a business or changing organizational type, (c) that provide a first wages-paid date (planned wages); or (d) that have a NAICS industry code in manufacturing (31-33), retail stores (44), health care (62), or restaurants/food service (72). Applications for EINs occur before the jobs and wages are added, so this is a leading indicator.
Read more about the Business Application dataset from the
U.S. Census Bureau.
