unemployment

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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

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

Seeing inflation eat into wage increases is one reason consumer sentiment is hovering around near-record lows, despite relatively low unemployment and a hot stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But recent labor-market data may be telling an incomplete story, where headline numbers — such as nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate — look better than the health of the consumer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

“Well, there’s almost no unemployment among geeks,” I told him casually.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz