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unemployment rates

unemployment rates is the plural of unemployment rate.

Meaning of unemployment rate

Noun

unemployment rate (plural unemployment rates)

  1. The percentage of people in the labor force who are currently unemployed but are available to work and have actively sought employment in the recent past.
    • It[China] had a buoyant economy outperforming forecasts. Its unemployment rate was among the lowest in years. While consolidating his power for a second term, Mr Xi proudly pointed to China's "flourishing" growth model as something other countries could emulate.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC

Questions about unemployment rates

What is unemployment rates the plural of?
Unemployment rates is the plural of unemployment rate.

Words near unemployment rates in the dictionary

  1. unemployment benefit
  2. unemployment benefits
  3. unemployment insurance
  4. unemployment insurances
  5. unemployment rate
  6. unemployment rates
  7. unemployment trap
  8. unemployment traps
  9. unemployments
  10. unemploys
  11. unempoisoned

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