AFRO News Highlighted Joint Center Jobs Day Data Analysis

AFRO News highlighted Joint Center’s 2024 November Jobs Day data analysis in an article regarding the sharp spike in the unemployment rate for Black Americans.

From the article: “Black workers suffered extensive job losses while the overall economy registered job gains, according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (JCPES). Black workers lost more than 276,000 jobs over the one-month period from October to November 2024, according to the JCPES. Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, JCPES listed November’s unemployment rate for Black women at 6.1 percent, while 6.7 percent of Black men looking for jobs were jobless.”

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