unemployment
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The U.S. jobless rate of 4.2% is still below the 50-year average, and the U.K. unemployment rate of 4.7% is the lowest since July.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
That said, the unemployment rate remains low in both the U.S. and the U.K.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Our estimated 1.5% to 1.7% increase in single-coverage premiums accounts for national trends and differences in state unemployment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Against that backdrop, unemployment has been rising, but Hauser said the job market was only “a little weaker” and that the jobless rate remains historically low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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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