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The Ins and Outs of Long-Term Unemployment
Economic Brief
August 2026, No. 26-25

By Katarína Borovičková and Claudia Macaluso

The recent rise in long-term unemployment is largely due to a decline in unemployment outflow rates, especially the rate at which unemployed workers find jobs.

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What Unemployment Insurance Claims Can — and Cannot — Tell Us
Economic Brief
July 2026, No. 26-24

By Claudia Macaluso

Continuing claims are falling, but this might not necessarily be good news.


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