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unemployment

[uhn-em-ploi-muhnt] / ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /






NOUN
layoff
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Despite dour consumer sentiment, the labor market has held up well, with the unemployment rate below historical average, and jobs growth perking up recently after a weak 2025.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Eurozone money supply data and eurozone unemployment data for April are due on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Despite dour consumer sentiment, the labor market has held up well, with the unemployment rate below historical average, and jobs growth perking up recently after a weak 2025.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

For AI to lead to massive unemployment would be “a true social calamity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

To summarize, we see that unemployment remains the state’s major economic and social problem.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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