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The Beveridge curve shows the relationship between a labor market's job vacancy rate and its unemployment rate. Can it ...
Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade.
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Unemployment among young college graduates outpaces overall US joblessness rate by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press - 06/26/25 3:02 PM ET ...
For college graduates 22 to 27 years old, the unemployment rate was 5.8% in March — the highest, excluding the pandemic, since 2012, and far above the nationwide rate.
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In his May 2025 quarterly announcement, Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell warned of the rising risk of stagflation, a dreaded combination of high inflation and unemployment. Mainstream ...
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To Congress In outlining the current economic situation and outlook, Chair Powell commented how the labor market was solid, with the unemployment rate at 4.2%.
The unemployment rate has stayed low mostly because layoffs are still relatively rare. The actual hiring rate — new hires as a percentage of all jobs — has fallen to 2014 levels, when the ...
Hardeman County reported the highest unemployment rate while Williamson County reported the lowest.
All metro areas in Illinois saw a decrease in unemployment rate and an increase in nonfarm jobs compared to last year, with the statewide unemployment rate at 4.4% and 6,187,100 jobs reported in May.