Unemployment Data – November 2016

NOVEMBER 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.6%* [Analyses] White      4.2% African American 8.1% Hispanic 5.7% Asian**            3.0% Persons with a disability**   10.0% Men 20 years and over 4.3% Women 20 years and over 4.2% Teens (16-19 years) 15.2% Black teens 26.6% Officially unemployed 7.4… Read More Unemployment Data – November 2016

Unemployment Data – October 2016

OCTOBER 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.9%*[Analyses] White      4.3% African American 8.6% Hispanic 5.7% Asian**            3.4% Persons with a disability**   9.9% Men 20 years and over 4.6% Women 20 years and over 4.3% Teens (16-19 years) 15.6% Black teens 27.6% Officially unemployed 7.8 million… Read More Unemployment Data – October 2016

Unemployment Data – September 2016

SEPTEMBER 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.0%*[Analyses] White      4.4% African American 8.3% Hispanic 6.4% Asian**            3.9% Persons with a disability**   8.7% Men 20 years and over 4.7% Women 20 years and over 4.4% Teens (16-19 years) 15.8% Black teens 27.2% Officially unemployed 7.9 million… Read More Unemployment Data – September 2016

Unemployment Data – August 2016

AUGUST 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.9%*[Analyses] White      4.4% African American 8.1% Hispanic 5.6% Asian**                        4.2% Persons with a disability**   11.3% Men 20 years and over 4.5% Women 20 years and over 4.5% Teens (16-19 years) 15.7% Black teens 26.1% Officially unemployed 7.8 million… Read More Unemployment Data – August 2016

Do Skill and School Deficits Explain Why We Don’t Have Enough Good Jobs?

In the spring of 2015, Southern California Edison had employees training their replacements. The replacements were immigrants in the U.S. under the H-1B program that is supposed to be about importing skilled workers when employers cannot find skilled workers at home.[1] So my nephew Bob has been watching the presidential campaign. He knows that each… Read More Do Skill and School Deficits Explain Why We Don’t Have Enough Good Jobs?