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unemployment

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






NOUN
layoff
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Seeing inflation eat into wage increases is one reason consumer sentiment is hovering around near-record lows, despite relatively low unemployment and a hot stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet the teenage unemployment rate—the share of teens looking for work who can’t find it—is lower today, at 14%, than the 16% registered in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The lack of opportunity is putting many young adults at a disadvantage as youth unemployment rises.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Yet the job market that fresh graduates enter is no longer as rosy as it once was, with high youth unemployment a significant concern.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

To cure unemployment, Hitler looked to Germany’s millions of young people.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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