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Hawaii’s initial unemployment claims were down 1.2 percent last week.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism released a report Thursday showing that a total of 2,466 first-time unemployment claims were filed statewide in the past week, compared to 2,497 claims during the same week in 2009.

Oahu, the Big Island and Maui all saw decreases in new claims filed, while Kauai had a significant increase in the number of first-time claims.

Kauai’s 231 new claims was an increase of 90, or 63 saving account payday loan.8 percent, compared to the 141 claims it recorded during the same week last year, according to DBEDT data.

Oahu showed 1,383 new claims last week, a decrease of 2.7 percent from last year. The Big Island recorded 430 first-time unemployment claims, down 12.1 percent, and Maui had 347 new claims, down 7.2 percent from the 374 first-time claims during this week last year.

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