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Recent Examples of joblessness
Employers are reluctant to hire people and workers are reluctant to leave their jobs—but that isn’t generating mass joblessness, according to recent notes from Piper Sandler, Jefferies, and Pantheon (which supplied the above chart).
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
The highest rate of joblessness is pervasive on the South and West sides of Chicago.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The pitch mixes selective truths with outright deception, targeting young men facing joblessness, inflation, and creeping poverty, as well as young women lured by promises of factory jobs, including in drone production tied to the war effort.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The country has struggled with structural joblessness in the past, but the problem has tended to afflict blue-collar workers, not white-collar ones.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Please note that California has long ranked high in joblessness, due in part to its volatile yet successful entrepreneurial mindset.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
There's much debate whether AI is going to augment the industrial base or is a displacement technology that leads to joblessness.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Black unemployment is rising sharply The unemployment rate among Black workers has risen higher and faster than the overall rate of joblessness in recent months.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Put differently, the central bank is supposed to direct monetary policy, so inflation doesn’t race out of control, and the country doesn’t experience large bouts of joblessness.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
The highest rate of joblessness is pervasive on the South and West sides of Chicago.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The pitch mixes selective truths with outright deception, targeting young men facing joblessness, inflation, and creeping poverty, as well as young women lured by promises of factory jobs, including in drone production tied to the war effort.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The country has struggled with structural joblessness in the past, but the problem has tended to afflict blue-collar workers, not white-collar ones.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Please note that California has long ranked high in joblessness, due in part to its volatile yet successful entrepreneurial mindset.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
There's much debate whether AI is going to augment the industrial base or is a displacement technology that leads to joblessness.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Black unemployment is rising sharply The unemployment rate among Black workers has risen higher and faster than the overall rate of joblessness in recent months.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Put differently, the central bank is supposed to direct monetary policy, so inflation doesn’t race out of control, and the country doesn’t experience large bouts of joblessness.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joblessness
unemployment
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The local youth unemployment rate has yet to rebound since COVID-19 pandemic era highs.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Many ethicists focus on preventing worst-case AI scenarios, such as rogue models and mass unemployment, while ignoring deeper questions about how the technology might degrade our humanity or undermine our sense of purpose.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Joblessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joblessness. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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