Friday, May 08, 2009

An Unemployment Stats Update

If you will forgive more April unemployment statistical news, there is this from the Labor Dept.:
- adult men (up from 8.8% in March to 9.4% in April) -
blacks (up from 13.3% to 15%) -
adult women (up from 7.0% to 7.1%), -
teenagers (down from 21.7% to 21.5 %) -
Hispanics (down from 11.4% to 11.3%)
Every category of worker is up (women just barely) with the exception of teenagers and Hispanics.

Why, do you suppose, is this?

Could it be that teens seek jobs about this time every year for the summer AND they don't get paid as well?

And Hispanics? Isn't this about the time of seasonal farm employment, and for much the same reason?

Just asking.

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