Rolling Out highlighted the Joint Center’s October Jobs Day Analysis

Rolling Out highlighted the Joint Center’s 2026 October Jobs Day Analysis, which looks at the unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and examines what the numbers mean for Black workers.

From the article: “The Black unemployment rate fell to 6.6% from 7.0%, reversing part of September’s big jump. Black men saw the biggest improvement, with their rate dropping from 6.7% to 5.9%, the lowest since May 2025, according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The rate for Black women barely changed, slipping from 7.3% to 7.2%. Unemployment among young Black workers fell from 14.4% to 13.1%.”

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