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The Burden of Unemployment

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Unemployment rates were “little changed” in March 2013 – they were either holding steady or dropping by a tenth of a percentage point or so.  The unemployment rate dropped from 7.7 to 7.6 percent representing a steady, if painstakingly slow, decrease.  This declining unemployment rate was reported with some circumspection […]