unemployment
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Last month, the average length of unemployment climbed to a multiyear high.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
It is only when technological change takes out an industry in a particular region and people don't move that we see major technological unemployment and wage reductions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The tournament also created jobs for the country which had 25% unemployment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Yet the job market that fresh graduates enter is no longer as rosy as it once was, with high youth unemployment a significant concern.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
The decline in crime that began in the early 1990s was accompanied by a blistering national economy and a significant drop in unemployment.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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