Understanding the Economy: Long-Term Unemployment in the African American Community
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The first in a series of reports on the unemployment situation among different demographic groups. Finds that the current unemployment rate for African Americans is over 6 percentage points higher than the overall unemployment rate. From the Joint Economic Committee.
