Title: FREDBlog: Something Changed in Black Unemployment (Reading Q&A)
Course: Alabama Economics Sample Syllabus > Section: Unit 8: Labor Markets

Procedure: The unemployment rate is the percentage of the labor force that is out of a job and looking for one. This FRED Blog post uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare unemployment rates across Whites, Blacks, men, and women. We discuss how different economic recessions have impacted the unemployment rate for individual population groups differently.

Estimated Completion Time: 5 minutes