African-American unemployment remains high at 13.8 percent despite U.S. employers increasing hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the overall unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January.
African-American teen joblessness rose from 37.8 to 43.1 percent.
Increased hiring shows that businesses are confident about the economy, despite higher taxes and government spending cuts.
The government’s February employment report was filled with mostly
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