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Aug072009
Minorities Still Suffer The Most Job Loss, Says Official
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, Keith Hall, says that minorities and the uneducated continue to suffer the most job losses, a trend that parallels unemployment statistics prior to the recession. “The trend is pretty much the same,” Hall says. “When the overall unemployment rate goes up, it goes up by more for the minorities.” (0:18)
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