What does unemployment rate mean?
Definitions for unemployment rate
un·em·ploy·men·t rate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unemployment rate.
Princeton's WordNet
unemployment ratenoun
the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date
Matched Categories
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unemployment rate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unemployment rate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of unemployment rate in a Sentence
We have an unemployment rate that is 3.5%. There is no recession that would prevail with that kind of unemployment rate. We’re obviously adding hundreds of thousands of jobs per month. We have consumers who still have pretty strong balance sheets. We still have job vacancies. … We actually think the probability for a soft landing is good.
It’s a blue-collar immigrant city where two years ago, 80 percent of the students in our school system qualified for free or reduced lunch, our unemployment rate runs about 50 percent above the statewide average historically, and we’re a majority-minority city.
Looking ahead, leading indicators are pointing towards a spike in the unemployment rate – we think it will climb to 4.2% towards the end of this year, corporate profits are no doubt falling fast so total pay will be dragged down further by a slump in bonus payments.
I think that the Fed’s going to move toward an above 5% unemployment rate forecast, either in June or by September, we were 3.4% two months ago. That’s non-trivial.
The unemployment rate for African-Americans just reached another brand-new all-time low in the history of our country, and by the way, African American-youth unemployment has also reached the lowest level ever recorded in history.
Translations for unemployment rate
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for unemployment rate »
Translation
Find a translation for the unemployment rate definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"unemployment rate." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/unemployment+rate>.
Discuss these unemployment rate definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In