jobless

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Thursday’s jobless claims numbers come after the U.S. economy added a seasonally adjusted 172,000 jobs in May, showing the labor market has now recorded its best three-month stretch in more than two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Hence a big increase in new jobless claims the past two weeks, even though there’s really been no big change in the labor market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

New jobless claims tend to rise at the end of the school year and the beginning of summer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Roughly one in six Chinese between the ages of 16 and 24, excluding students, are jobless, according to official data.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Perhaps to him I was someone he ought to look out for, a Korean- American, well educated, solitary-looking, seemingly jobless.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee