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unemployment

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






NOUN
layoff
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He added that the unemployment rate is more likely to rise than fall this year and that core inflation, using the Fed’s preferred gauge, will drop to 2.1% by year-end.

From The Wall Street Journal

China's youth are facing an unemployment rate that sits at more than 15% and burning out from a gruelling work culture, yet sharing too much of their pessimism online could alert internet censors.

From BBC

The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.3%, a sign the fragile labor market is stabilizing.

From MarketWatch

Swedish January unemployment data are due Monday, followed by Swedish inflation data for January on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

It has also pushed some inside AI companies to go public with worries that the new tools could spur autonomous cyberattacks, cause mass unemployment or replace human relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal