unemployment
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“He wasn’t minding the shop” as state attorney general, Mahan said, pointing to fraudulent unemployment and hospice claims early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Still, there’s the largely frozen labor market to consider, albeit with an unemployment rate pegged at a fairly low 4.3% in April.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits was 210,000 in the week through March 21, higher than the 205,000 reported a week earlier, the Labor Department said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
China is grappling with serious economic challenges from rising unemployment, uneven growth, a real estate crisis and sky-high levels of local government debt.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
It wasn’t by choice, and he wasn’t alone: massive unemployment in Italy had pushed many Italians to emigrate.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing unemployment
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