joblessness
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Now Streeting has floated the idea of a "targeted" cut to National Insurance to tackle youth joblessness.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
But joblessness has fallen and wages have risen, and polls show Petro's protege, Senator Ivan Cepeda, as the front-runner.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Amid the double despair of soaring joblessness and inflation, the 2025 U.S. military saw the biggest enlistee surge in 13 years, exceeding their recruitment goals by 10%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Employment in the county surged during the tech boom of the 1990s, then sank amid the 2009 recession, when joblessness exceeded 25%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Young African American men were the only group to experience a steep increase in joblessness between 1980 and 2000, a development directly traceable to the increase in the penal population.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
