unemployed
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Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, totaled 1.7 million in the week through Sept. 19, falling by 11,000 from the downwardly revised total a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"We measured outcomes like whether someone became employed or unemployed, whether they got married or divorced, and standard indicators of mental health," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The U.S. economy added an above-forecast 162,000 jobs last month — yet Americans were spending an average of six months unemployed, the data showed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
There were more unemployed young men than young women - 252,000 men compared with 141,000 women.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
I'm indistinguishable from an unemployed guy for most of the day.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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