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Black unemployment under Trump reaches its highest rate since the pandemic. Here’s what it could mean
Black workers are often last hired, first fired,” said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation. The ...
Black women unemployment rate rises to 6.3%, signaling continuing crisis
For Black women, 20 years and older, the unemployment rate during July was 6.3%, according to the bureau’s July report. This ...
Path to the Fed rate cuts Trump wants may involve higher unemployment
President Donald Trump may see lower Federal Reserve interest rates as a fix for two politically potent problems, the cost of ...
Maybe now Nevada’s stubbornly high unemployment rate will finally go down (except not really)
Nevada has had either the highest or one of the highest unemployment rates in the U.S. over most of the 21st century. In the ...
Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.
It is too soon to know whether the United States is on a similar path. But economists and other experts said that Mr. Trump’s ...
US job growth slows sharply in July; unemployment rate rises to 4.2%
U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July while the prior month's data was revised sharply lower, pointing to a sharp ...
Trump Says Fed's Powell Should Be Put 'Out to Pasture'
U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building ...