Analysis of Topline Figures in the April BLS Report The economy added 228,000 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%. In the midst of a brewing trade war and talks of a potential recession, the job gains caught forecasters off guard. We should note that the reference period for the establishment survey […]
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Analysis of Topline Figures in the March BLS Report In February, the economy added 151,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%. Although the topline figures are relatively solid, especially considering the current tumultuous political climate, the report does contain some concerning red flags. The government sector only added 11,000 jobs, while the
In 1926, historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) established Negro History Week to celebrate the achievements of Black Americans and to foster a sense of collective memory for a people facing constant dehumanization. The ASALH has chosen the theme of “African
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America tried a lot of different things to repair racial economic inequality over the past three decades. The racial wealth gap barely moved.
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Online Event Archive Recorded: October 2, 2024 NCRC Principal Researcher Bruce Mitchell presented the HMDA Longitudinal Data Set (HLD), a comprehensive mortgage lending dataset from 1981 to 2021. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, HLD standardizes mortgage data to 2010 census boundaries, enabling consistent comparisons over four decades. The dataset includes mortgage originations by
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The September jobs report beat expectations by a lot. But how is the US economy actually doing — and could it provide an “October surprise?”
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