Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Unemployment, the meaning and synonyms like employment.
Unemployment meaning
- The state of having no job; joblessness.
- The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
- The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
Synonyms of Unemployment
Example sentences (20)
The unemployment rate in Russia was 5.3% as of 2013. citation Unemployment is highest among women and young people.
Indeed, most Arab countries suffer from excessive unemployment and high female and youth unemployment – not just Iran.
Demand for unemployment benefits remains high, said Lennon Weller, actuary for the state’s unemployment system.
While other countries such as Germany had a 0.8% increase in unemployment, we had a 14.7% unemployment rate.
By Anthony’s account: an unemployment rate of 24 percent; youth unemployment 45 percent; growth in the economy 0.6 percent.
San Clemente’s unemployment rate then was also 12%, and in San Juan, it had an unemployment rate of 11.6%.
Underemployed workers can receive partial unemployment benefits if the wages are less than what they would make on unemployment.
The national unemployment rate was estimated unofficially as high as 40% in 2006, but in rural areas unemployment has exceeded 60%.
From 1963 to 2022, the Black unemployment rate has been roughly twice the White unemployment rate.
Congress must act to ensure that waivers are consistently granted in high-unemployment areas and withheld from low-unemployment ones.
Unemployment rose sharply in March and April, pushing the number of people depending on unemployment benefits to a record 5.2 million.
Overall for B.C., the unemployment rate is at 4.8 percent and is still lower when compared to the unemployment rate of other provinces.
Long term unemployment accounted for over 31 percent of total unemployment of April this year.
New Mexico’s unemployment rose slightly from 3.8% to 3.9% and Colorado’s statewide unemployment remained unchanged at 3.8% for the month.
The most-cited official unemployment measures erase this kind of unemployment from the statistics using "seasonal adjustment" techniques.
These higher wages perpetuate unemployment while the threat of unemployment reduces shirking.
Meanwhile, unemployment fell to 3.7%, again stronger than the predicted 3.9% unemployment.
Official statistics often underestimate unemployment rates because of hidden unemployment.
Although unemployment has fallen more among women than among men, in absolute values, unemployment among women remains higher than among men.
Lloyd George was also helped by John Maynard Keynes to write We can Conquer Unemployment, setting out economic policies to solve unemployment.
Phrases with unemployment
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Common combinations with unemployment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- unemployment rate 56×
- of unemployment 33×
- the unemployment 25×
- unemployment is 20×
- unemployment benefits 16×
- unemployment and 15×
- youth unemployment 14×
- and unemployment 13×
- unemployment in 11×
- unemployment insurance 10×
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