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unemployment

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






NOUN
layoff
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“We would expect them to just come down based on unemployment data looking very positive,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

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 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

By 1984, however, the black unemployment rate had nearly quadrupled, while the white rate had increased only marginally.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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