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2:33pm January 4, 2013
 

Black Unemployment Rate Shoots Up from 12.9% to 14%

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12.9% to 14%: Just when the unemployment numbers for Black Americans appeared to be improving, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning that the number has increased a full percentage point up to a strikingly high 14%. The overall unemployment number held steady at 7.8% as employers hired 155,000 people.

The Black unemployment rate hit a three year low in May 2012 when it was at 13%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  



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