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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eric Garcia

Black unemployment at lowest level ever recorded as US adds 253,000 jobs

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Black unemployment reached a historic low as the US economy added 253,000 jobs despite a torrent of news about bank failures and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates.

African-American unemployment reached 4.7 per cent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, the lowest recorded level in history, according to former Obama administration economic adviser Jason Furman.

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