The U.S. Department of Labor has revealed that unemployment benefit filings in Kansas diminished during the week of Sept. 15 compared to the prior week. New unemployment claims, representing layoffs, decreased to 1,176 in the week ending Sept. 21, from 1,208 the preceding week. Nationally, unemployment claims fell to 218,000 in the week of Sept. 15, a decrease of 4,000 claims from 222,000 the previous week, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Meanwhile, Alaska noted the largest percentual surge in weekly claims, rising by 37.7%. Conversely, South Carolina recorded the largest percentage reduction in new claims, with a decline by 32%. This information was generated with data from the Department of Labor’s weekly report on unemployment insurance claims and is being extensively published across the nation by The USA TODAY Network on their respective news platforms.

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