BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, continuing a three-month trend of sluggish growth, according to the latest data released Friday...
(The Washington Post) – The job market’s winning streak continued in July as the economy added 215,000 positions, according to government data released Friday, providing more...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After falling into the single digits in April, the Black unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – College graduates will enter a job market this year that is better than it has been...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell to single digits (9.6 percent) in April, for the first time...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid gain that suggests that the economy may be...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell slightly from 10.4 percent in December to 10.3 percent in...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in...
(PBS) – HARI SREENIVASAN: Now: a move to make it easier for people who have been convicted of a crime to find employment after being released from...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate rose to 11.1 percent in November, according to the latest jobs report...
(Bloomberg) – So much for secular stagnation. A November surprise that included a jump in wages as well as the biggest hiring surge in almost three...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last month’s Black unemployment rate (10.9 percent) was more than twice the White unemployment rate...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies added 230,000 jobs in October, a private survey said, the most in four months and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the second month in a row, the Black unemployment rate decreased, and the economy added...
