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Millions of Americans have been out of work for more than 6 months — these 2 charts break down who the long-term unemployed are
But in addition to that surprise decline, there's an important demographic lingering in the story of American unemployment: those who have already been unemployed for months. The following chart ...
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Black workers saw a big drop in unemployment in July, but many left the labor force altogether
Those figures are higher than the drop in white unemployment, which declined by just 0.4 percentage points, as seen in the following chart: Even so, unemployment rates are still elevated for Black ...
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US labor market exits 2024 with strong job gains, drop in unemployment rate
A line chart titled "US average hourly earnings" that tracks the metric over the past 5 years. Average hourly earnings rose 3.9% year over year in December. The fall in the unemployment rate was ...