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Economic Indicators

  • Higher returns on education can’t explain growing wage inequality

    March 15, 2019 By Elise Gould Blog
  • Stark black–white divide in wages is widening further 

    February 27, 2019 By Elise Gould Blog
  • 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)

    August 30, 2017 By Janelle Jones Economic Indicators
  • Labor Market Weakness Is Still not due to Workers Lacking the Right Skills

    October 7, 2014 By Elise Gould Blog
  • Job Seekers Outnumber Jobs by 2-to-1

    October 7, 2014 By Elise Gould Blog
  • Best GDP growth in a year still not good enough

    October 27, 2011 By Josh Bivens Economic Indicators
  • Nearly six unemployed workers per available job

    July 7, 2009 Economic Indicators

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