BLS: Short-Term Unemployed Accounted for 29.8 Percent of Total Unemployed in March 2026
April 08, 2026
April 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 7, 2026, from Economics Daily:
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Short-term unemployed accounted for 29.8 percent of total unemployed in March 2026
In March 2026, short-term unemployment, defined as the number of people unemployed for less than 5 weeks, was 2.1 million, or 29.8 percent of all unemployed people. A year earlier, in March 2025, there were 2.4 mi . . .
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Short-term unemployed accounted for 29.8 percent of total unemployed in March 2026
In March 2026, short-term unemployment, defined as the number of people unemployed for less than 5 weeks, was 2.1 million, or 29.8 percent of all unemployed people. A year earlier, in March 2025, there were 2.4 mi . . .