Black unemployment figures soar in US, days after Trump takes credit for record low

Black unemployment figures soar in US, days after Trump takes credit for record lowBlack unemployment rates in America have soared by almost one per cent after Donald Trump took credit for bringing them down to a record low. Statistics showed the percentage of African Americans out of work hit 6.8 per cent in December – the lowest rate since the figures were first broken down by race, in 1972. General unemployment rates in America have stayed low at 4.1 per cent for the fourth straight month, with around 200,000 jobs added in January.




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