economy
U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs; Unemployment at 5.3%
*The unemployment numbers are out a few days earlier than usual this month due to the Fourth of July holiday. [tweet_dis]The Bureaus of Labor Statistics reports that the Latino unemployment […]
Economy added 280,000 jobs in May, Latino unemployment at 6.7 percent
*This appears to be good news on almost all counts. [tweet_dis]There was a slight dip in the unemployment rate for Latinos, from 6.9 percent to 6.7 percent.[/tweet_dis] The overall unemployment […]
Undocumented Immigrants Contribute $11.84 Billion to Economy
*From the report: ” … allowing (the undocumented) to work in the United States legally would increase their state and local tax contributions by an estimated $2.2 billion a year.” Check out […]
U.S. economy being fueled by success of Hispanic-owned business
*How’s this for a story of transformation: According to a Pew Report the average white household is worth 10 times more than a Latino household. But, there are presently 3 […]
Tough economy strains a much-loved (and very costly) Latino tradition, the quinceañera
*When the money isn’t there, families will improvise. I don’t think the economy could end a cultural tradition – even if it is “over-the-top,” as the article suggests. VL By […]
The US economy just hung up a giant “help wanted” sign
*Good news, kinda. All the indicators are up, except the hiring part. There are several theories as to why, meanwhile Latino employment remains low. VL By Matt Phillips, Quartz American companies […]
The Underground Sex Economy and Latinas’ Body in America’s Sex Trafficking Capitals
*This reads like a clinical report on Latino sex trafficking in the U.S. The numbers tell a distressing story. Latinos are not unlike any other culture/ethnicity/race when it comes to […]
Report: Economy Misses Out With Low Latino, Black STEM Employment
By Ronald Roach, Diverse Issues in Higher Education The U.S. workforce could employ as many as 140,000 additional African-American and Latino college graduates in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields […]
How More Latinos in Finance Could Boost the Economy
By Erika L. Sánchez, NBCNews Sylvia Tergas was recruited out of college to work for Macy’s, moving from up from sales to the financial division. Though she really enjoyed helping […]
Five economic issues could benefit US Latinos and the economy in 2014
By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi Congress has come back to Washington to act upon several legislations affecting the livelihood of U.S. Latinos. From immigration reform to the reduction of SNAP […]