unemployment
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For one thing, the end of the school year results in some school employees such as bus drivers and cafeteria workers applying for unemployment benefits.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The unemployment rate, meanwhile, has clung to a low 4.3% for three months in a row.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The unemployment rate was 4.3% last month, still low by historical standards but up nearly a full point from a multidecade low of 3.4% in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In past unemployment spikes—like the Dot-com bubble in the early 2000s and the global financial crisis between 2007 and 2008—Medicaid absorbed fallout and grew by more than 20%, Barclays notes.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Countless refugees returned from India, greeted, we learned, by unemployment and the threat of famine.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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