The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.4 percent for the week ending December 16, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 16 was 1,943,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The 4-week moving average was 1,919,750, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week's revised average.