The Economics Daily

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The latest Economics Daily article is available here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/1-7-million-people-had-been-unemployed-27-weeks-or-more-in-april-2025.htm. Highlights are below. 1.7 million people had been unemployed 27 weeks or more in April 2025 05/13/2025 In April 2025, 1.7 million people had been unemployed for 27 weeks or more, an increase of 179,000 from the previous month. This duration of joblessness is considered long-term unemployment. HTML

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