joblessness

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But joblessness has fallen and wages have risen, and polls show Petro's protege, Senator Ivan Cepeda, as the front-runner.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Amid the double despair of soaring joblessness and inflation, the 2025 U.S. military saw the biggest enlistee surge in 13 years, exceeding their recruitment goals by 10%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Early joblessness, she argues, reflects an "aspiration-availability mismatch" combined with the ability to wait.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

China’s headline measure of joblessness, the so-called urban unemployment rate, rose to 5.3% in February, from January’s 5.2% rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Young African American men were the only group to experience a steep increase in joblessness between 1980 and 2000, a development directly traceable to the increase in the penal population.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander