Unemployment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy
Extra examples
My unemployment lasted about six months.
Unemployment has been increasing for months.
The current unemployment rate is six percent.
The level of unemployment is rising.
The unemployment rate remained at 5.2%.
Rising unemployment has been the price we've had to pay for getting inflation down.
It has been the largest sustained fall in unemployment in the history of this country.
Closure of the plant means 80 workers are facing unemployment.
He's been on unemployment for two months.
We need to identify the causes of unemployment.
The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.
...the continuation of high unemployment has cost the government much support...
Unemployment rates were hovering around 10 percent.
The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems.
...an ineffective effort to reduce unemployment that only spurred inflation...
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