The unemployment rate fell in December for all U.S. workers except Black women.
"The data for smaller demographic groups tend to be pretty volatile," said Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute."We need to look at longer-term trends to see what is happening.""We're definitely seeing improvement in the Black unemployment rate over a longer period of time ... but it's still quite elevated," Gould said.
"What the December numbers signaled to me is that we are in for a bumpy, tumultuous ride ahead in terms of our recovery, especially for Black women and women of color workers who have been disproportionately impacted over the course of the pandemic," Mason said. December's report also does not reflect the full effect of the current surge in Covid cases sparked by the omicron variant, particularly as outbreaks derail school and daycare openings, Mason added.
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