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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by jimbokun on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:18PM (#50008736)
Where is the 30% unemployment figure coming from?
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by snovymgodym on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:24PM (#50008832)
I'm guessing he is posting from somewhere like Spain or Portugal where the youth unemployment is really high.
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by elinear on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:30PM (#50008917)
Youth unemployment was over 9% in 2025 [0]. 30% seems off

[0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SLUEM1524ZSUSA

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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by cute_boi on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:05PM (#50009527)
30% sounds correct to me. None of my friend have gotten any jobs after they were laid off. Some of them are doing some part time job like uber or doordash, and those aren't counted.

Same in China, PHD people are working as delivery driver....

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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by hajile on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:58PM (#50012168)
"disconnected" -- aka no longer in school and gave up on finding a job -- is 16%. Added to the 9% unemployed gives 25%. Add in the underemployed who have a job, but are only given a few hours per week and that number jumps way higher.

https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2026/jul/how-are-d...

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