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No states triggered onto Extended Benefits program for week ending Dec. 27, 2025

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The Department of Labor's weekly claims release states that no state was triggered onto the Extended Benefits program for the week ending December 27, 2025.

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The Department of Labor reported that seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims for the week ending January 10 fell to 198,000 (down 9,000), with the 4-week moving average at 205,000 — its lowest since January 20, 2024. Seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for the week ending January 3 declined to 1,884,000 (down 19,000) and the insured unemployment rate remained 1.2 percent. Unadjusted initial claims rose to 330,684 (a 10.7% weekly increase), continued weeks claimed across all programs for the week ending December 27 totaled 2,218,506 (up 313,297), and no state was triggered "on" the Extended Benefits program.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance weekly claims news release (No. 20260098) states that “No state was triggered ‘on’ the Extended Benefits program during the week ending December 27.” Separately, the Department of Labor’s official Extended Benefits Trigger Notice No. 2025‑52, which uses insured unemployment rate data for the 13‑week period ending December 27, 2025, lists zero jurisdictions as EB ‘ON’ and explicitly records “Total Number ‘ON’: 0.” These coordinated official datasets indicate that no state either newly triggered onto, or was active on, the Extended Benefits program for the reference week ending December 27, 2025. Verdict: True, because multiple primary U.S. Department of Labor documents for the 13‑week period and week ending December 27, 2025 consistently show that Extended Benefits were not triggered on in any state.

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  1. Update · Jan 16, 2026, 03:18 AMTrue
    The U.S. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance weekly claims news release (No. 20260098) states that “No state was triggered ‘on’ the Extended Benefits program during the week ending December 27.” Separately, the Department of Labor’s official Extended Benefits Trigger Notice No. 2025‑52, which uses insured unemployment rate data for the 13‑week period ending December 27, 2025, lists zero jurisdictions as EB ‘ON’ and explicitly records “Total Number ‘ON’: 0.” These coordinated official datasets indicate that no state either newly triggered onto, or was active on, the Extended Benefits program for the reference week ending December 27, 2025. Verdict: True, because multiple primary U.S. Department of Labor documents for the 13‑week period and week ending December 27, 2025 consistently show that Extended Benefits were not triggered on in any state.
  2. Original article · Jan 15, 2026
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