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Title: The black unemployment rate returns to historic low, but not really

*Author:* Elise Gould http://www.epi.org/people/elise-gould/ and Valerie Wilson http://www.epi.org/people/valerie-wilson/

*Source:* Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Date:* July 7, 2017

*Summary:* Today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the economy added 222,000 jobs in June. If this rate of growth http://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-the-kind-of-strength-that-will-accelerate-the-pace-of-the-recovery/ keeps up, we should see the economy heading faster toward full employment over the next year. Link: http://bit.ly/2u9zJqo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library