jobless

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Sponsoring OPCs is a new, cheap way to tackle high youth unemployment in China -- where one in six people between the ages of 16 and 24 are jobless.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

In the week through April 11, 207,000 people filed new jobless claims, down from 218,000 a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Other data include March existing home sales figures on Monday, followed by March industrial production figures and weekly jobless claims figures on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He had been homeless for about five years and jobless even longer, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Out on my arse jobless and a mother to support that’s ninety-two and a daily communicant in the Franciscan church.The rent man collects the rents, missus, or he loses the job.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt