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September 18, 2024
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was virtually unchanged at 1.5 million in August 2024. The long-term unemployed accounted for 21.3 percent of all unemployed people in August 2024, compared with 20.6 percent in August 2023, and 19.4 percent in August 2022. Full Text »
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