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unemployment

[uhn-em-ploi-muhnt] / ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /






NOUN
layoff
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The economy would improve despite rising unemployment, he said, when plans the government put in place during their first choppy year began to bear fruit.

From BBC

China's youth unemployment rate has eased a little after hitting a record high in August, but official figures show it is still above 17%.

From BBC

The December jobs report, due Friday, could tilt the Fed’s calculus if it shows that the labor market worsened significantly versus November, when unemployment ticked up to 4.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. unemployment rate will ‘quite possibly test 6% by the end of the year.’

From MarketWatch

Stanley expects payrolls to expand this year by an average of 100,000 a month, an increase that would be sufficient to nudge down the unemployment rate.

From Barron's