unemployment
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While unemployment has remained steady, job growth has see-sawed wildly between expansion and contraction in the last year, with new jobs heavily reliant on a single sector: health care.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Paradoxically, deep labour shortages coexist with high unemployment.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
They included cuts to unemployment benefits and housing subsidies and the privatization of public services, as well as tax cuts and a reform of the pension system to make it more affordable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
High unemployment rates and the lack of prospects in Iraqi Kurdistan have made it easy for gangs to tempt young people to gamble everything on a journey to mainland Europe and the UK.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
People defaulted on loans, leaving banks shaken, and unemployment rising.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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