unemployment insurance
noun
: social insurance against involuntary unemployment that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to unemployed workers
also
: unemployment compensation
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Continuing filings for unemployment insurance remained low, while announced job cuts were also running below 2025 levels in the year to date.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
First-time filings for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level since 1969.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 May 2026
Official data show a sudden jump in the numbers applying for unemployment insurance – with 147,000 applicants in the past two months, about three times higher than last year.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The government has promised to increase unemployment insurance.
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
First-time filings for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level since 1969.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 May 2026
Official data show a sudden jump in the numbers applying for unemployment insurance – with 147,000 applicants in the past two months, about three times higher than last year.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The government has promised to increase unemployment insurance.
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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