Unemployment is down across the world’s largest economies

Jun 12, 2019

A man walks past a shop advertising job vacancies in Leicester, central England November 16, 2011. Unemployment in Britain hit its highest in 15 years and the number of young people out of work soared to a record of more than 1 million, adding to pressure on the government to do more to support a faltering economy. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS EMPLOYMENT) - LM1E7BG10KS01

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