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headline unemployment
noun[ U ]
ECONOMICSukus
the rate of unemployment that is based on the number of people who officially say they do not have a job and are looking for work:
The headline unemployment rate stayed unchanged, but only because many discouraged applicants simply gave up looking for work.
Examples of headline unemployment
headline unemployment
The nation's headlineunemployment rate has been stuck at around 9.6 percent for months.
From Huffington Post
She also said there appears to be more room to grow in a labor market where headlineunemployment is at 4.9 percent, but wages are growing slowly.
From CNBC
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