unemployment
Example Sentences
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While these figures provide complementary signals about the health of the labor market, all eyes will be on the unemployment rate in Friday’s jobs report.
From Barron's
Fashion retail chain Next has reported stronger-than-expected sales over the key Christmas period but warned rising unemployment could weigh on UK consumer spending this year.
From BBC
He thinks it would take unemployment hitting 4.7% for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this month, instead of his base case in March.
From Barron's
Many financial experts now recommend having enough in easily accessible savings to cover six months of basic expenses, because the average length of unemployment has increased to more than five months.
From MarketWatch
Hiring is down and unemployment inching up, but the economy is chugging along.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.