US employers added 187,000 jobs in July; unemployment dips to 3.5%
The job market has cooled over the summer. But it’s still strong enough to defy predictions that higher interest rates would tip the United States […]
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How’d we get Black unemployment to near record lows, and what’s next?
If there’s one economic statistic that really affects society—from health to crime to individual happiness—it’s the unemployment rate. For decades, the African American unemployment rate remained […]
US employment increased in August, but so did the unemployment rate
The U.S. unemployment rate jumped 0.3 points to 3.8% in August as more Americans decided to reenter the labor market. According to data released Friday […]