Unemployment Rate up for Men and College Grads

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2014-03-13 20:40

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'The U.S. unemployment rate edged up to 6.7 percent in February as men struggled to find work, according to the Labor Department report issued Friday.

More than 160,000 men joined the ranks of the unemployed. That increase raised their unemployment rate to 6.4 percent from 6.2 percent.

Particularly hard hit were African-American men. Their rate climbed to 12.9 percent last month from 12 percent in January. It did so because more African-American men began searching unsuccessfully for work last month.

African-American women fared much better: 109,000 of them found jobs.'

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