Unemployment rates drop for Latinos

Unemployment rates drop for Latinos

NewsTaco April 10, 2017

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 rose slightly in August

NewsTaco September 2, 2016

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

NewsTaco August 8, 2016

*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 […]

Good news for February Latino employment

NewsTaco March 4, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read) Good news for the economy overall, and some good news for the U.S. Latino economy specifically. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released February […]

Latino unemployment dips to 5.9%

NewsTaco February 5, 2016

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

NewsTaco January 8, 2016

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

NewsTaco September 4, 2015

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%

NewsTaco July 2, 2015

*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 […]

Latino unemployment stays under 7 percent for third month in a row

NewsTaco December 5, 2014

*Good news on the jobs front. Latino unemployment dropped from 6.8% to 6.6%. It’s still not as good as the overall unemployment rate.  At least it’s moving in the right […]

The US economy just hung up a giant “help wanted” sign

NewsTaco August 12, 2014

*Good news, kinda. All the indicators are up, except the hiring part. There are several theories as to why, meanwhile Latino employment remains low. VL By Matt Phillips, Quartz American companies […]