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Unemployment rates drop for Latinos
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read) The Bureau of Labor statistics released its March unemployment numbers and the overall jobs situation isn’t looking good. Wall Street Economists had predicted […]
Latino unemployment rises to 6.0 in September
*You’ll hear reports that the employment picture in the U.S. is getting better, and it is, overall. But when you dive in to the Latino employment numbers, there’s another story. […]
Latino unemployment rose slightly in August
Victor Landa, NewsTaco There was more riding on today’s unemployment numbers than in months past. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tell us that we’ve just been through two of the […]
Jobs Report: Latino Unemployment Rate Falls in July
*Latino unemployment dropped from 5.8 to 5.4 percent. VL By Brian Latimer, NBC News July surpassed expectations for job growth in the U.S., and although the national unemployment rate stayed […]
Latino unemployment dips to 5.9%
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Today, The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced its count of unemployed persons for the month of January and said that [tweet_dis]151,000 new jobs were added to the nation’s […]
Latino unemployment rate drops to 6.3 percent
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its December employment numbers this morning, and economists are calling the report stellar. [tweet_dis]There were 1,655,000 unemployed Latinos in the U.S. […]
August unemployment report shows small change for Latinos
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning released its employment report for the month August. The total nonfarm payroll employment for the nation increased by 173,000 […]
U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs; Unemployment at 5.3%
*The unemployment numbers are out a few days earlier than usual this month due to the Fourth of July holiday. [tweet_dis]The Bureaus of Labor Statistics reports that the Latino unemployment […]
Economy added 280,000 jobs in May, Latino unemployment at 6.7 percent
*This appears to be good news on almost all counts. [tweet_dis]There was a slight dip in the unemployment rate for Latinos, from 6.9 percent to 6.7 percent.[/tweet_dis] The overall unemployment […]
Unemployment Rate 2015: Latino Jobless Rate Slightly Increased in April
*While the employment rate, in general, continues to bring good news, that’s not the case for Latino employment. It’s a small increase, from 6.8 percent to 6.9 percent, but it […]