unemployment rate
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- noun
- /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt reɪt/
- Specialized
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tasa de desempleo
- South Philadelphia, where most of them lived, had the highest unemployment rate in town.
- high unemployment rate
- percent unemployment rate
- low unemployment rate
I think that it will scale down as unemployment rates come down.
- I think that it will scale down as unemployment rates come down.
- He stated, quote, we're going to have the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression.
- Another feature of the aftermath of severe crises is that unemployment rates remain stubbornly high.
- And, and later on this unemployment rate is going to show up in wage bargaining.
Examples
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In Turkey, the unemployment rate among women is higher than the unemployment rate among men.
Academic text (2008) -
We did a little analysis a couple of months ago in terms of the current unemployment rate.
Academic text (1999) -
I think that it will scale down as unemployment rates come down.
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But the unemployment rate in Canada is twice what it is here.
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Second, we measure the average unemployment rate in the service area during the period from 2008 to 2010.
Academic text (2015) -
For much of the decade, the American unemployment rate has been three points lower than in Canada.
Academic text (1996) -
As late as 1993, the unemployment rate remained stuck at 12 percent.
Academic text (2008) -
Switzerland has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world, lower than any country in the EU.
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We learned that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years as our economy added another 222,000 private sector jobs in the last month.
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The unemployment rate in the United States decreased to 4.2% last quarter.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed' is directly derived from combining 'unemployment' (being without a job) with 'rate' (a measured proportion), so the concept is compositionally transparent. This noun–noun measurement construction is common across languages and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
The compound unemployment rate comes from two parts, unemployment meaning people not working, and rate meaning a 'percentage' that shows part of a whole. So, it literally means the 'percentage' of people who are 'jobless', which is why we use it to show how healthy the job market is.