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In February, the unemployment rate among black or African American persons was 10.4%, nearly double the national rate of 5.5%.
The U.S. Labor Department has released its payrolls data and unemployment rate for the month of February.
Thinkstock The United States shed 8.7 million jobs from the official onset of the Great Recession in December 2007 until the economy began regaining jobs in March 2010. Although the economy has since...
thinkstock.comApproximately 8.7 million U.S. jobs were lost during the Great Recession between 2007 and 2009. While all those jobs have been recovered, the nation’s unemployment rate remains above...
ThinkstockIncome inequality has widened in all 50 states in the last few decades. More recently, as the United States recovered from the latest recession, the gap between the richest and poorest...
Whether it comes from financial necessity or potential boredom, a fifth of Americans do not plan to retire, according to researchers for the Pew Charitable Trusts.
ThinkstockWhile the United States was founded on the principle of equality for all people, the 50 states are decidedly unequal in providing opportunities for business. For companies choosing to...
The U.S. Labor Department has confirmed what most of us have suspected for some time: deflationary pressure from the cost of energy and commodities falling has turned into deflation.
The U.S. Labor Department has released a somewhat disappointing reading for weekly jobless claims.
ThinkstockA full-time female employee earned 82.5% of what a man earned in 2014, up considerably from 1979, when women made an estimated 62% of what men did. While this is certainly an improvement,...
The U.S. Department of Labor has released the most recent report on weekly jobless claims.
ThinkstockRoads are the arteries of the nation, and the automobile has been the centerpiece of American culture for decades. Despite Americans’ love for their cars, however, the rush hours are no...
ThinkstockThe United States is becoming safer, with crime levels dropping nearly every year, recently. Between 1991 and 2013, the U.S. violent crime rate has fallen by nearly 52%. Since 2009, the...
There were about 5 million job openings on the last business day of December, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
ADP has released its January private sector payrolls report, and on the surface it looks disappointing.