Economic Indicators
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Higher returns on education can’t explain growing wage inequality
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Stark black–white divide in wages is widening further
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African American and Hispanic unemployment continue to fall but remain higher than white unemployment in nearly every state: The highest African American state unemployment rate (9.7 percent in Louisiana) is almost twice as high as the highest white state unemployment rate (5.0 percent in New Mexico)
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Labor Market Weakness Is Still not due to Workers Lacking the Right Skills
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Job Seekers Outnumber Jobs by 2-to-1
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Best GDP growth in a year still not good enough
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Nearly six unemployed workers per available job