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unemployment benefit

NOUN
unemployment compensation
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This is then usually followed by a corresponding jump in unemployment benefit claims.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

That allows it to align the monthly figures collected in the Current Employment Statistics survey with more comprehensive payroll hours and earnings data, including unemployment benefit records, that are available on a delay.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

If each person received the maximum unemployment benefit of $1,019 each week, for four weeks, the state’s fund would have to pay out $122 million.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

U.S. unemployment benefit claims dropped to an eight-month low last week, the U.S.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2023

For starters: government expenditures rose as a result of unemployment benefit payments.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas