A. SUMMARY
Weekly new initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims filed with the California Employment Development Department (EDD) for the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties
B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
The data are generated by an ad hoc report provided by the California Employment Development Department.
C. UPDATE PROCESS
Data are Updated weekly by staff with a two-week publishing lag.
D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) weekly claims data are used in current economic analysis of unemployment trends to measure emerging unemployment.