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When the peak pandemic period (April 2020 to October 2021) is excluded, Black unemployment averaged 5.86 percent under Biden and 6.65 percent under Trump. Black homeownership averaged 42.2 percent ...
The New York Times reported some of the causes and consequences of higher black unemployment in February 2018: "Even at the low of 6.8 percent recorded in December [2017] — it climbed back to 7.7 percent in January — the unemployment level for black Americans would qualify as a near crisis for whites. And the relative gains have not erased ...
Bureau of Labor Statistics released its January jobs report Friday, and it showed the black unemployment rate shot up to 7.7 percent.
Obama's plan is to cut income taxes overall, which he states would reduce revenues to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan (less than 18.2 percent of GDP). Obama argues that his plan is a net tax cut, and that his tax relief for middle-class families is larger than the revenue raised by his tax changes for families over $250,000.
In 2016, the unemployment rate was 3.8% for Asians, 4.6% for non-Hispanic whites, 6.1% for Hispanics, and 9.0% for Blacks, all over the age of 16. [7] In terms of unemployment, it can be seen that there are two-tiers: relatively low unemployment for Asians and whites, relatively high unemployment for Hispanics and Blacks.
The gap between the black and white unemployment rates in the US shrunk to a record low in June. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the share of jobless African Americans in the labor ...
The last time this occurred was former President Barack Obama's second term. ... population since Abraham Lincoln," often pointing to lower Black unemployment numbers and programs started under ...
Obama has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 by creating a market-based cap-and-trade system. [71] He also has planned to improve air and water quality through reduced carbon emissions. [71] Obama worked as a member of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works during the 109th Congress. [72]