unemployment
Example Sentences
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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%.
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
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