New from me on Forbes: "Longer Unemployment Outside A Recession Is The New Normal"

For the first time since at least 1948, the amount of time people are out of work has been growing without being triggered by a recession.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2025/09/29/longer-unemployment-outside-a-recession-is-the-new-normal/

Longer Unemployment Outside A Recession Is The New Normal

What once was a pattern that only happened during and after a recession is now, disturbingly, becoming an everyday trend.

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