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This is a list of OECD countries by long-term unemployment rate published by the OECD. This indicator refers to the number of persons who have been unemployed for one year or more as a percentage of the labour force (the sum of employed and unemployed persons). Unemployed persons are defined as those who are currently not working but are ...
The Congressional Budget Office provides an unemployment rate forecast in its long term budget outlook. During August 2012, it projected that the unemployment rate would be 8.8% in 2013 and 8.7% in 2014.
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
As of October 2024, 1.6 million Americans could be categorized as “long-term unemployed” or unemployed for more than 27 weeks, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Pandemic shutdowns began a year ago, and unemployment rolls increased almost immediately. Despite efforts to reduce job loss through programs like the Paycheck Protection Program, the Pew Research...
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which reports current long-term unemployment rate at 1.9 percent, defines this as unemployment lasting 27 weeks or longer. Long-term unemployment is a component of structural unemployment , which results in long-term unemployment existing in every social group, industry, occupation, and all ...
Like "credit default swaps" and "quantitative easing," "long-term unemployment" was a term seldom heard before the 2007 financial crisis. Now it is a very grave reality for 1.3 million Americans ...
The U.S. unemployment rate by education level The line chart shows the long-term decline in labor force participation for males of prime-working age (25–54 years), based on educational attainment. [36] Workers with higher levels of education face considerably lower rates of unemployment.