jobless

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Roughly one in six Chinese between the ages of 16 and 24, excluding students, are jobless, according to official data.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The jobless rate held steady as more people joined the labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A week of U.S. jobs data rolls on, with weekly initial jobless claims published Thursday ahead of Friday’s non-farm payrolls data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Still, the unemployment rate for those 20 to 24 is appreciably higher than the 4.3% national jobless rate.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Economic stimulus packages could have sailed through Congress to bail out those trapped in jobless ghettos through no fault of their own.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander