The participation rate and unemployment rate are both used to gauge the health of the job market but in completely different ways.

A substantial and unexpected rise in women’s labor force participation rates over the past few years has been a key factor spurring rapid labor force growth. In particular, Hispanic women have made a ...

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The data from July represents yet another month that Black Americans were left behind during the economic recovery.