BLS: Number of Long-Term Unemployed Was 1.8 Million in July 2025
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Aug. 12, 2025, from Economics Daily:
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Number of long-term unemployed was 1.8 million in July 2025
In July 2025, both the unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.2 million, changed little. The number of long-term unemployed (people jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 179,000 to 1.8 million . . .
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Number of long-term unemployed was 1.8 million in July 2025
In July 2025, both the unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 7.2 million, changed little. The number of long-term unemployed (people jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 179,000 to 1.8 million . . .