Synonyms for unemployment rate
un·em·ploy·men·t rate

Princeton's WordNet

1. unemployment ratenoun

   the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date

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1. • Percentage

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1. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   The blind insistence of cuts (in pensions) in a country with a 25 percent unemployment rate and where half of all the young people are unemployed will only cause a further worsening of the already dramatic social situation.

2. Jason Furman:

   The problem with the economic side is that if it lasts more than a few months, it then takes on its own momentum, if you look across the United States and across other countries, the unemployment rate can go up very quickly, but it cant come back down very quickly. It never has. A business whose balance sheet is in tatters after nine months without revenues might go bankrupt, it might go out of business, or it wont be in position to hire people back immediately even if demand returns.

3. David Madani:

   Some people think that politicians ultimately determine the outcome of the economy and the unemployment rate ... (and) would view the recession as a direct reflection of poor fiscal management, from a political point of view, clearly it's going to be a potential weakness ... which is a bit unfair.

4. Peter Navarro:

   We are at the lowest unemployment rate since man walked on the moon.

5. Trey Gowdy:

   I know here in Georgia we’re proud of our conservative record, we're proud of our low unemployment rate nationally, we’re proud of the economy starting to click back and look, as conservatives we havea lot of hard work in front ofus, we’ve got to figure out how to control crime not being in charge, we’ve got to figure out how to control inflation not being in charge, We certainly have our work cut out of us.