frictional unemployment
Britishnoun
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"The spike in the unemployment rate confirms that there will be some frictional unemployment through the next couple of months," said Sarah Hunter, Chief Australia Economist for BIS Oxford Economics.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2021
That reflects people who have lost or left jobs and are in the process of moving to another, otherwise known as frictional unemployment.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2016
Economists call this phenomenon "frictional" unemployment, and some, including Feldstein, are counting it as part of structural unemployment when they use a rate as high as 6% or 7%.
From Time Magazine Archive
There always will be, however, some frictional unemployment.
From State of the Union Address by Harry S. Truman
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